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Población y Salud en Mesoamérica
On-line version ISSN 1659-0201
Abstract
MANZANARES RIVERA, José Luis. Type 2 diabetes mortality at Mexican borders. PSM [online]. 2017, vol.14, n.2, pp.5-24. ISSN 1659-0201. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/psm.v14i2.27028.
Objective:
To analyze type II diabetes mortality rates geographic distribution and evolution in time across both Mexican border regions during the period 1998-2013.
Methods:
The work is based on exploratory and inferential data analysis conducted using death reports from the national health information system. The analysis considers social determinants of health as a theoretical paradigm and includes microdata on consumption patterns at household level for the US-Mexico and Mexico- Guatemala border states.
Results:
A convergence path for type II diabetes mortality rates is found during the last 15 years between the studied border regions.
Conclusions:
The evidence presented indicates that the southern border states had been experiencing an epidemiologic transition towards mortality causes such as type II diabetes in the last decade. A trajectory that reflects a convergence pattern towards mortality rates found in the northern border states.
Keywords : Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Diet, Diabetic; Population Groups; Mexico..