Trends in Mortality due to External Causes in Latin American Elderly

ACOSTA LAURA D.; MOLINATTI FLORENCIA

CHICAGO

Congreso; PAA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING; 2017

Population Association of America (PAA)

The aim of this study is to analyze trends inmortality from external causes in older people (60 years and over) in Argentina,Brazil, Chile and Mexico between 2001 and 2014. Mortality ratesfrom external causes (per 100,000 population) among adults aged 60 years and over were calculated for each countryand gender, adjusted for age by the direct method, using the World HealthOrganization?s standard population. To explore trends in age-standardized injurydeath rates, we use log-linear joinpointregression models. Joinpoint analyses are performed using the JoinpointRegression Program v. 4.0.4 of the US National Cancer Institute.Thispaper observed a decrease in external causes in most Latin American countriesstudied (except in deaths from other accidents in both Brazilian men and women,and from transport accidents in Brazilian men). Future research will have to studyexternal causes of death in the elderly, with other indicators necessary tomonitor the problem of violence in this group.