Mortality differentials classified according to cause of death, S. Paulo, Brazil, 1970: multiple decrement life tables

Authors

  • Sabina Léa Davidson Gotlieb Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Epidemiologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101981000400006

Keywords:

Mortality^i2^sS. Paulo, SP, Bra, Survival, Life expectancy

Abstract

General considerations about multiple decrement life tables are made to evaluate the impact of some diseases and other causes of death on the probabilities of death and survival and on the life expectancy of the inhabitants of the City of S. Paulo, Brazil, in 1970. The male life expectancy calculated was 60.12 years, and the female, 67.21. The main groups of causes of death, classified by the gains, were: for males - cardiovascular diseases, infectious and parasitic diseases, accidents, poisonings and violences and neoplasms; for women - cardiovascular diseases, infectious and parasitic diseases, neoplasms and accidents, poisonings, and violence. A dichotomous population could be considered as an explanatory hypothesis for the pattern of mortality prevailling in 1970 in S. Paulo; that is, the patterns probably reflect the health problems of under developed countries as well as those of developed countries.

Published

1981-08-01

Issue

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Gotlieb, S. L. D. (1981). Mortality differentials classified according to cause of death, S. Paulo, Brazil, 1970: multiple decrement life tables . Revista De Saúde Pública, 15(4), 401-417. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101981000400006