Preliminary study of mortality by cause and sociodemographic characteristics, municipality of San Francisco, Antioquia (Columbia), 2001-2010

TL;DR

This study analyzes mortality causes and sociodemographic factors in San Francisco, Antioquia from 2001 to 2010, highlighting external causes as leading killers, especially among men, and emphasizing the need for targeted public health policies.

Contribution

It provides a detailed epidemiological profile of mortality causes and sociodemographic patterns in a Colombian municipality over a decade, with specific focus on external causes and life expectancy.

Findings

External causes and assaults are the main causes of death.

Men have higher mortality rates and more potential years of life lost.

Women have higher life expectancy than men.

Abstract

Objective: Determining the structure of mortality from causes and sociodemographic characteristics, in the municipality of San Francisco, Antioquia, 2001-2010. Methodology: Quantitative descriptive study with retrospective longitudinal data obtained from secondary source of death events through databases in electronic media supplied by the DANE. A description of the sociodemographic variables was performed by groups of cause of death, the life table by sex and years of potential life lost (APVP) for each year group and cause of death was calculated. Results: External causes and assaults, homicides, as the main cause of death occurs during the decade of study, and especially in men, which had higher mortality rates, more likely to die and less life expectancy during the period. On average men and external causes showed a higher number of potential years of life lost for the years 2001-2010 life. Conclusions: Men have higher mortality rates over the decade, as external causes, assaults, murders, and a greater proportion of young men. The causes of death that bring more potential years of life lost are external causes. Life expectancy at birth and throughout the decade is greater for women than it is therefore essential for men, that the municipality analyze the current situation of these causes of death, and to be carried out public policies that contribute to its decline and hence to improve the life expectancy of the population.