title: Spatial patterns of exogenous mortality in Kuwait.
abstract: "Exogenous causes [of death]...represent a serious threat to health in Kuwait, where they accounted for over 40 percent of the total mortality in 1985.  This paper is concerned with the spatial distribution of these diseases.  It will also help to reflect the influence of various social, economic, and demographic factors on the patterns of distribution. Mortality rates are calculated for 100,000 persons of the country's two communities: Kuwaitis and non-Kuwaitis.... In some parts of the country, and the Capital governorate in particular, nearly half of the deaths were caused by parasitic diseases.  Other major causes are tuberculosis and intestinal infections.... Death tolls among Kuwaiti nationals are more than twice those of non-Kuwaitis." (SUMMARY IN JPN)
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Aziz
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D002423:Cause of Death; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D009358:Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004194:Disease; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005313:Fetal Death; D005843:Geography; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007239:Infections; D007730:Kuwait; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008877:Middle East; D009026:Mortality; D010272:Parasitic Diseases; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis
keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Causes Of Death; Comparative Studies; Congenital Abnormalities; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Mortality; Diseases; Economic Factors; Fetal Death; Foreigners; Geographic Factors; Infant Mortality; Infections; Kuwait; Maternal Mortality; Mortality; Nationality; Native-born; Neonatal Diseases And Abnormalities; Parasitic Diseases; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Density; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Studies; Tuberculosis; Western Asia