Latin American convergence and divergence towards the mortality profiles of developed countries
It is uncertain whether Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries are approaching a single mortality regime. Over the last three decades, LAC has experienced major public health interventions and the highest number of homicides in the world. However, these interventions and homicide rates are not...
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| author | Alvarez, J-A Aburto, JM Canudas-Romo, V |
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| description | It is uncertain whether Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries are approaching a single mortality regime. Over the last three decades, LAC has experienced major public health interventions and the highest number of homicides in the world. However, these interventions and homicide rates are not evenly shared across countries. This study documents trends in life expectancy and lifespan variability for 20 LAC countries, 2000–14. By extending a previous method, we decompose differences in lifespan variability between LAC and a developed world benchmark into cause-specific effects. For both sexes, dispersion of amenable diseases through the age span makes the largest contribution to the gap between LAC and the benchmark. Additionally, for males, the concentration of homicides, accidents, and suicides in mid-life further impedes mortality convergence. Great disparity exists in the region: while some countries are rapidly approaching the developed regime, others remain far behind and suffer a clear disadvantage in population health. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d0d3050a-35b5-41ae-9f1f-b9a7e5e7b1592022-03-27T07:52:44ZLatin American convergence and divergence towards the mortality profiles of developed countriesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d0d3050a-35b5-41ae-9f1f-b9a7e5e7b159EnglishSymplectic ElementsTaylor and Francis2019Alvarez, J-AAburto, JMCanudas-Romo, VIt is uncertain whether Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries are approaching a single mortality regime. Over the last three decades, LAC has experienced major public health interventions and the highest number of homicides in the world. However, these interventions and homicide rates are not evenly shared across countries. This study documents trends in life expectancy and lifespan variability for 20 LAC countries, 2000–14. By extending a previous method, we decompose differences in lifespan variability between LAC and a developed world benchmark into cause-specific effects. For both sexes, dispersion of amenable diseases through the age span makes the largest contribution to the gap between LAC and the benchmark. Additionally, for males, the concentration of homicides, accidents, and suicides in mid-life further impedes mortality convergence. Great disparity exists in the region: while some countries are rapidly approaching the developed regime, others remain far behind and suffer a clear disadvantage in population health. |
| spellingShingle | Alvarez, J-A Aburto, JM Canudas-Romo, V Latin American convergence and divergence towards the mortality profiles of developed countries |
| title | Latin American convergence and divergence towards the mortality profiles of developed countries |
| title_full | Latin American convergence and divergence towards the mortality profiles of developed countries |
| title_fullStr | Latin American convergence and divergence towards the mortality profiles of developed countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Latin American convergence and divergence towards the mortality profiles of developed countries |
| title_short | Latin American convergence and divergence towards the mortality profiles of developed countries |
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