title: [Mortality in geriatric patients in the Hospital General of Mexico].
abstract: In order to define the main diseases of the elderly and a possible changes of mortality causes at Hospital General of Mexico, SSA, the authors studied 586 autopsy reports of individuals over sixty years old, deceased between 1960 and 1965 and of 625 individuals of similar characteristics deceased between 1981 and 1985. The analysis of diseases showed qualitative and quantitative changes in the ten principal causes of death at each period: some of the most frequent diseases in the 60's, for instance, amebiasis, were not included among the then principal causes of death in the 80's. On the other hand, malignant neoplasms persisted as one of the principal death causes in both periods, but the most frequent carcinoma in the 60's, gastric carcinoma, was substituted in the 80's by bronchogenic carcinoma. This study suggests that great technical and sanitary interventions are necessary to promote health of third age persons, an increasing but poorly protected population in our country.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Patología, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Hospital General de México.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alcántara-Vázquez
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Amancio-Chassin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González-Chávez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández-González
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Carrillo-Villa
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Mortalidad en pacientes geriátricos del Hospital General de México.