Bustamante-Montes P, Lezama-Fernández M A, Fernández-de Hoyos R, Villa-Romero A R, Borja-Aburto V H
Escuela de Salud Pública de México, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública.
Salud Publica Mex. 1990 May-Jun;32(3):309-19.
Due to changes in mortality patterns, cronic and degenerative diseases have become a major problem in Mexico. Description and explanation of this kind of deaths is difficult by means of a single cause of death. In order to have a better understanding of this fenomenum an analysis of 4021 deaths occurred in Mexico city during april and may in 1985 using multiple cause of death was performed, this analysis take count of all causes reported in death certificates. With the method of multiple cause we found that the number of associated deaths, for example with hypertension and nutritional deficiencies, was considerably greater that when reported as underlying cause.
由于死亡模式的变化，慢性和退行性疾病已成为墨西哥的一个主要问题。通过单一死因来描述和解释这类死亡情况很困难。为了更好地理解这一现象，我们对1985年4月和5月在墨西哥城发生的4021例死亡进行了多死因分析，该分析考虑了死亡证明上报告的所有死因。通过多死因方法我们发现，例如与高血压和营养缺乏相关的死亡人数，比作为根本死因报告时要多得多。
