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Evolución y distribución geográfica de la mortalidad por tuberculosis en Costa Rica, 1970-2014.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Ovares, Tatiana Pérez Bonilla, Roger E. Meza, Ronald Evans Zúñiga, Águeda Romero |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | espanolObjetivo: Describir la evolucion de la mortalidad por tuberculosis y su distribucion geografica en Costa Rica desde 1970 al 2014.Material y metodo: Para la obtencion de la mortalidad se recurrio al INEC (lapso 1920-1969) y a la base de datos del CCP (1970-2014).La poblacion se calculo en base a los Censos de Poblacion y Vivienda. Para obtener las tasas de mortalidad por tuberculosis suavizadas por regiones y provincias, se utilizo un modelo de regresion cuadratica. Para procesar la informacion se recurrio al paquete Stata y para graficar al programa Excel.Conclusiones: La mortalidad por tuberculosis disminuyo en un 98.88% entre 1920 y el 2014. Las provincias que presentaron mayor mortalidad fueron las de Puntarenas y Limon. Por regiones, la que presento durante el periodo estudiado la tasa mas alta fue la Huetar Atlantica. Las mas bajas se observaron en las regiones Central y Huetar Norte. EnglishObjective: Describe the evolution and geographic distribution of mortality by Tuberculosis in Costa Rica from 1970 to 2014.Material and method: In order to obtain mortality, the INEC (1920-1969 period) and the CCP database (1970-2014) were used. The population was calculated based on the Population and Housing Censuses. To obtain tuberculosis mortality rates smoothed by regions and provinces, a quadratic regression model was used. To process the information, we used the Stata package and to graph the Excel program.Conclusions: Tuberculosis mortality decreased by 98.88% between 1920 and 2014. The provinces with the highest mortality were Puntarenas and Limon. By regions, the one that presented during the period studied the highest rate was the Huetar Atlantica. The lowest were observed in the Central and Huetar Norte regions. |
| Starting Page | 115 |
| Ending Page | 120 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 3 |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
