title: [Epidemiological observations on the evolutive tendency of asthma mortality in Spain].
abstract: We have studied asthma mortality in Spain from 1951 to 1985, applying epidemiological descriptive methodology. A global decrease in the tendency is observed when comparing it to other countries. We have observed, however, an increased mortality in the four age groups proposed (5-19, 5-39, 40-64 and 5-64), based on previous international publications which avoid interferences with other causes of death. We have also observed that when applying the method of mortality related to natality rate, there was a decrease in mortality, specially in older generations. Finally, several hypothesis related to risk factors which would explain this tendency are presented.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Bromatología, Toxicología y Medicina Legal, Facultad de Medicina, Valencia.
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sáiz Sánchez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cortés Vizcaíno
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Giménez Fernández
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calderón Martínez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sabater Pons
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernández Galve
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D001723:Birth Rate; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Observaciones epidemiológicas sobre la tendencia evolutiva de la mortalidad por asma en España.