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Papeles de población

On-line version ISSN 2448-7147Print version ISSN 1405-7425

Abstract

DAVILA CERVANTES, Claudio Alberto  and  PARDO MONTANO, Ana Melisa. Violence and mortal accidents: analysis of the mortality from external causes in Colombia and Mexico, 1998-2015. Pap. poblac [online]. 2019, vol.25, n.99, pp.249-273.  Epub May 25, 2020. ISSN 2448-7147.  https://doi.org/10.22185/24487147.2019.99.10.

The main objective was to analyze the level, trend and impact of mortality by external causes in Colombia and Mexico between 1998 and 2015. The years of life lost were calculated for people younger than 85 years of age and their trend was estimated using a joinpoint regression analysis. The decomposition of life expectancy by cause of death and age groups was also calculated. In Colombia a significant decrease was observed in all the analyzed external causes of death; in Mexico, the increase of mortality by homicides and the continued rise in suicides reversed their declining trend. Mexico presented a higher mortality due to external causes than Colombia, which clearly shows the divergent trends in both countries.

Keywords : Colombia; Mexico; external causes; mortality; life expectancy.

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