Citation

Idrovo AJ. Rev. Salud Publica 2006; 8(1): 38-51.

Vernacular Title

Capital social, muertes violentas y mortalidad por cancer en Colombia: una

Affiliation

Centro de Investigacion en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Púlica, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. idrovoaj@hotmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Salud en el Tropico)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16703961

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: In Colombia there are evidences that social capital (SC) is associated with greater rates of violent crime ("perverse" SC). This study explores the relation between SC, violent deaths (1973-1996), and the accumulated occurrence of cancer deaths (1990-1996). MATERIAL AND METHODS: An ecologic study with the 33 Colombian departments was carried out. Correlations between violent deaths (inverse proxy of SC), the internal displacement ratio, and the mortality rates by each type of cancer. With robust regressions the effect of violent deaths ("perverse" SC) on the occurrence of mortality cancer were explored, adjusting by economic convergence or polarization (1960-1995), and the internal displacement ratio until 1996. RESULTS: Positive correlations (p < 0.05) between violent deaths ("perverse "CS) and all types of cancer, except breast and lung among men, were observed. In all the cases statistically significant associations were observed, after adjust by departments' economic convergence/polarization and internal displacement. DISCUSSION: This study shows a direct relation between violent deaths on the occurrence of cancer. The findings obtained here suggest an inverted U shape relation between SC and disease occurrence.

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