Objetivo: caracterizar la mortalidad por infecciones asociadas a la asisten-cia sanitaria (IAAS) en el Hospital Abel Santamaría Cuadrado de Pinar del Río durante el año 2015.Metodología: estudio descriptivo de corte transversal. La muestra estuvo constituida por 278 pacientes fallecidos por infeccion...
ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the variation of the premature mortality rate caused the group of the main chronic noncommunicable diseases. Method: This is a time-series ecological study, which used secondary data of the Mortality Information System, from 2006 to 2014, from the 26 federal units and from...
Resumen: Objetivo: Analizar la distribución y tendencias de la mortalidad por VIH en las jurisdicciones sanitarias (JS) de México. Material y métodos: Se calcularon las tasas estandarizadas de mortalidad utilizando las cifras oficiales de defunciones (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía)...
Resumo A relevância do câncer de mama para as mulheres tem impulsionado pesquisas sobre a mortalidade desta doença. Todavia, estes estudos estão sujeitos aos problemas gerados pelos óbitos oriundos de causas mal definidas (CMD). A fim de evidenciar as possíveis distorções causadas pelas CMD em es...
Abstract Introduction: Having national data on chronic dialysis is essential in treatment planning. Objective: To present data of the survey from the Brazilian Society of Nephrology on patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis in July 2017. Methods: Data was collected from dialysis units in Bra...
Background: With the aim to inform end of life public policies, the place of death in Chile, its trends and associated factors were analysed. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional using publically available death database from 1990 to 2014 was conducted. The proportion of hospital deaths was selected...
Resumen: Objetivo: Actualizar información sobre la tendencia de mortalidad por cáncer de pulmón en México de 1990 a 2016. Material y métodos: Se obtuvieron tasas ajustadas por edad mediante el método directo. Se obtuvo el porcentaje de cambio anual de la mortalidad por cáncer de pulmón, media...
Abstract: Objective: To analyze the mortality trend of lung cancer (LC) in Mexico, according to the municipality marginalization index (MMI) by age group and sex, during the period 1998-2016. Materials and methods: The information on mortality, population and MMI was obtained from the National Instit...