Citation

Rosero-Bixby L. Notas Poblacion 1994; 22(60): 103-139.

Vernacular Title

La disminucion de la mortalidad de adultos en Costa Rica.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Centro Latinoamericano de Demografía)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12290224

Abstract

"This paper examines the adult-mortality transition in Costa Rica and its determinants. The risk of dying declined by 80% for young adults and by 40% for old adults from 1920 to 1990. The fastest decline took place in the 1950s for young-adult ages and in the late 1980s for old-adult ages.... By 1990, about 40% of Costa Rican deaths are caused by accidents and violence at young-adult ages and by cardiovascular diseases at old ages. Infectious and nutritional-related conditions (especially respiratory tuberculosis and malaria) account for three-fourths of the adult-mortality decline between 1951 and 1971, but only for 30% since that year on." (SUMMARY IN ENG)

Language: es