title: [Adult mortality from chronic diseases in Chile, 1968-1990].
abstract: "The paper starts with a brief analysis of the sources and the quality of the data and the mortality indices [for trends in adult mortality from chronic diseases in Chile]....A comparison is made of mortality among the 13 regions of the country and an attempt is made to relate the observed differences to some environmental and life-style factors. Rural-urban and educational differences of mortality by cause of death are also analyzed.  The paper ends by comparing mortality by chronic disease in Chile with that of other countries of the Latin American region, noting some difficulties [in] such a comparison and proposing hypotheses for future studies."  (SUMMARY IN ENG)
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Taucher
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Albala
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Icaza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D002423:Cause of Death; D002677:Chile; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004194:Disease; D004493:Education; D004777:Environment; D005843:Geography; D007843:Latin America; D008019:Life Style; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D013020:South America; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Adult; Age Factors; Age Specific Death Rate; Americas; Behavior; Causes Of Death--determinants; Chile; Chronic Diseases; Comparative Studies; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Data Quality; Data Sources; Death Rate; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Mortality; Diseases; Education; Environment; Geographic Factors; Latin America; Life Style; Mortality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; South America; Studies