Curto de Casas S I
GAEA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Soc Sci Med. 1993 May;36(10):1349-55. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90227-u.
This paper is an attempt to synthesize several models of health and levels of affluence in Latin America. An analysis is accomplished wherein various countries and regions of Latin America are classified for health purposes as either products of a poverty model or a wealth model. Variables utilized include: mortality rates in preschool children and infants; elderly mortality; life expectancy; and overall causes of death. All three of the general models can be found in different parts of Latin America. More developed countries and regions tend to approximate the wealth model where chronic and degenerative diseases dominate. Still, while life expectations are shorter in countries and regions with lower levels of development, some elderly are afflicted by chronic and degenerative diseases.
本文旨在综合拉丁美洲的几种健康与富裕程度模型。完成了一项分析，其中拉丁美洲的各个国家和地区出于健康目的被归类为贫困模式或富裕模式的产物。所使用的变量包括：学龄前儿童和婴儿的死亡率；老年人死亡率；预期寿命；以及总体死因。所有这三种一般模型在拉丁美洲的不同地区都能找到。较发达的国家和地区往往接近富裕模式，其中慢性和退行性疾病占主导地位。然而，在发展水平较低的国家和地区，尽管预期寿命较短，但一些老年人仍患有慢性和退行性疾病。
