TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Extend-cause mortality in Medellin, 1999-2006
JO  - Papeles de Población
A1  - Arango, D.C.
SP  - 233
EP  - 256
VL  - 
IS  - 56
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 1405-7425
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -