Type 2 diabetes mortality at Mexican borders
Abstract:Objective: To analyze type II diabetes mortality rates geographic distribution and evolution in time across both Mexican border regions during the period 1998-2013.Methods: The work is based on exploratory and inferential data analysis conducted using death reports from the national health information system. The analysis considers social determinants of health as a theoretical paradigm and includes microdata on consumption patterns at household level for the US-Mexico and Mexico- Guatemala border states.Results: A convergence path for type II diabetes mortality rates is found during the last 15 years between the studied border regions.Conclusions: The evidence presented indicates that the southern border states had been experiencing an epidemiologic transition towards mortality causes such as type II diabetes in the last decade. A trajectory that reflects a convergence pattern towards mortality rates found in the northern border states.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Costa Rica. Centro Centroamericano de Población
2017
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1659-02012017000100005 |
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