Citation

Arango DC. Papeles de Población 2008; (56): 233-256.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Red de Revistas Cientificas América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal)

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Abstract

Characterizing the behavior of mortality by external causes in the City of Medellin, Colombia, between 1999-2006, according to gender, age and basic cause of death was the objective of this longitudinal descriptive study, with secondary information source from 22128 registrations of external-cause casualties. The performed analysis is uni-varied and bi-varied by gender, age groups and causes of death. The external causes registered in the period were: 72.9 percent homicide; 15.3 percent, transportation accident; 7.3 percent, traumatisms; 4.2 percent, suicide; and 0.4 percent, other causes. The highest mortality rate was found in the 20-24 years of age group (27.6 per thousand inhabitants), a fact that deserves especial attention because of the social, familial and labor implications a casualty has in productive stages.

Language: es

Keywords

Mortality; Homicides; Death risk; Medellin