Objective. To investigate the adult mortality profile from eight causes of death in 10 Latin
American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico …

Resumen MEDINA L, Ernesto y KAEMPFFER R, Ana M.. Mortalidad del adulto en Chile.
Rev. méd. Chile [online]. 2000, vol. 128, n. 10, pp. 1144-1149. ISSN 0034-9887. http://dx …

This book considers major issues of public health importance for adults in Latin America.
The interdisciplinary nature of mortality analyses, and, in particular, the complementarity of …

Background Sub-national analyses of causes of death and time-trends help to define public
health policy priorities. They are particularly important in countries undergoing …

The objective of this study was to analyze the level and trend of avoidable deaths and non-
avoidable deaths and their contribution to the change in life expectancy in Latin America by …

Objective Estimate the Years of Life Lost (YLL) for overall and avoidable causes of death
(CoD) in Colombia for the period 1998-2011. Methods From the reported deaths to the …

It is uncertain whether Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries are approaching a
single mortality regime. Over the last three decades, LAC has experienced major public …

Latin American countries are undergoing major changes in their mortality profiles due to
unique epidemiological and health transitions in the region. The main goal of this paper is to …

AGEING IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 763 static framework, knowledge of
more than one indicator provides redundant information. However, in societies with de …

This chapter reviews mortality trends during the twentieth century in selected countries of
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The chapter focuses only on female and male …