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AUTHOR
C. Saiz Sánchez
Tendencias de la mortalidad por cáncer en españa, en especial del cáncer de pulmón, en comparación con otros países desarrollados
ResumenSe estudia la evolución de la mortalidad global por cáncer en España (1970–1987), y especialmente por cáncer de pulmón, por sexos y grupos de edad, estableciendo comparaciones con otros países (EEUU, Inglaterra y Gales).En cuanto a la evolución de la mortalidad global por cáncer se observa que únicamente en las edades más juveniles se detectan descensos notables de la mortalidad, en tanto que, en los otros países con los que se compara, se observa también una disminución en edades más avanzadas. Asimismo, aunque las tasas de mortalidad por cáncer de pulmón en España tienen unos valores inferiores a los de los países mencionados, se observa un incremento de la mortalidad de ambos sexo…
Job absenteeism and arterial hypertension: results of a hypertension control program.
This study reports the findings of one of the stages of a programme for the detection and control of arterial hypertension, started in I980 in an automobile company with a workforce of 9,782. In the initial screening, 522 hypertensive males were found using epidemiological criteria and 206 of these fulfilled the criteria of definite hypertension. The objective of this study consisted of evaluating, 9 years after the start of the program, the indirect cost in terms of the reduction in the morbidity indicator-temporary work incapacity (TWI). Analysis is based on a comparison of the prevalence of hypertension in the population when the program was begun (6%) and in 1989 (9.8%). It can be obser…
Testing a new health indicator: using avoidable causes of death and life expectancy for Spain between 1975-1986.
The concept of avoidable cause of death serves as the basis for measuring the quality and diversity of a health care system. In this study the authors propose a new way to use this kind of mortality by combining with the concept of life expectancy to obtain what they call "life expectancy free of avoidable mortality" (LEFAM). This indicator was 76.9 in 1986 in Spain while life expectancy was 75.83. If these deaths were avoidable there would be a gain of 1.09 years per person born. There is an important difference between the would-be male gain of 1.76 years and the would-be female gain of 0.6. In the ecological study, LEFAM would better explain the year to year changes of the resources in t…
Estudio longitudinal de factores de riesgo de cardiopatía isquémica en España
Se han estudiado de forma longitudinal (1987-1995) los principales factores de riesgo ligados a la evolucion de la mortalidad por cardiopatia isquemica con el fin de obtener una valoracion del problema en Espana, asi como de sus medidas preventivas. Material y metodos la mayor parte de los factores de riesgo considerados se obtuvieron de las Encuestas Nacionales de Salud Espanolas de los anos 1987, 1993 y 1995, procediendo a su adaptacion correspondiente. Las defunciones por cardiopatia isquemica se consultaron de los Movimientos Naturales de la Poblacion Espanola, se calcularon las tasas de mortalidad por 105 personas-ano y se estandarizaron por el metodo directo. Asimismo se realizo un aj…
Análisis de la mortalidad evitable en los hospitales de la Comunidad Valenciana
Using a list of avoidable mortality (AM) causes as indicators of medical care (IMC) according to the Holland classification, a study on AM was conducted in the Valencia Community hospitals during 1994 and 1995. A total of 617 patients out of 106,540 discharges with IMC criteria died (mortality rate: 0.58%). The most common causes of AM included hypertension and cerebrovascular disease, with 46% of avoidable deaths; maternalperinatal disease, with 36%, and tuberculosis, 7%. According to the logistic regression analysis, men had a higher risk of AM than women, the age groups at highest risk were those over 50 years and less than 18 years, and the presence of a higher number of diagnoses was a…