Mortality inequality among older adults in Mexico: the combined role of infectious and chronic disease

• Main Authors: César González-González, Rafael Samper-Ternent, Rebeca Wong, Alberto Palloni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2014
• Subjects: Mortalidad; envejecimiento; esperanza de vida; desigualdades en la salud; México; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Esperanza
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/f8a94110aa214263b588ec0d06d31886

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of education and chronic and/or infectious disease, and the interaction between both variables, on the risk of dying among Mexicans 60 years and older. METHODS: Using data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), logistic regressions were performed to estimate...