title: [Death causes in 428 alcoholic patients: a descriptive study].
abstract: Several studies have demonstrated either a direct or an indirect relationship between alcoholism and death causes. The present paper is a descriptive study about death causes in 428 alcoholic patients from San José, Costa Rica, metropolitan area, whose death occurred between 1978 and 1988. Sample subjects were males, under 90-year-old at death time. It was found out that basic death causes were: Traumatism and poisoning, 25%; circulatory system illnesses, 20%; digestive system illnesses, 18.5%, and tumors, 15%.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Investigación del Instituto sobre Alcoholismo y Fármacodependencia, San José, Costa Rica.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martínez Lanz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Días Coto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D003364:Costa Rica / Q000453:epidemiology; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D012307:Risk Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Estudio sobre causas de mortalidad de 428 pacientes alcohólicos.