Trends in avoidable mortality over the life course in Mexico, 1990-2015: a cross-sectional demographic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse average lifespan and quantify the effect of avoidable/amenable mortality on the difference between state-specific mortality and a low-mortality benchmark in Mexico during 1990-2015.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional demographic analysis using aggregated data.

Setting

Vital statistics from the Mexican civil registration system.

Participants

Aggregated national data (from 91.2 million people in 1995 to 119.9 in 2015) grouped in 64 populations (32 Mexican states (including Mexico City) by sex) with cause-of-death data.

Main outcome measures

Cause-specific contributions to the gap in life expectancy with a low-mortality benchmark in three age groups (0-14, 15-49 and 50-84 years).

Results

Infants and children under the age of 15

SUBMITTER: Aburto JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6074636 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature