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MEDICC Review 2018; 20 (3)

Cuban application of two methods for analyzing multiple causes of death

Seuc JAH, Fernández L, Mirabal SM, Rodríguez SA, Rodríguez GCA

Language: English
References: 28
Page: 30-35
PDF size: 475.07 Kb.


ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION Mortality analysis based on a single cause of death is not, in most cases, fully informative. There are several more illuminating procedures using a multiple cause of death approach; these are little known and rarely used in Cuba. The simplest of these methods, while methodologically limited, consists of summing all deaths from a specifi c cause mentioned on death certifi cates, regardless of whether the cause is listed as underlying or contributing.
OBJECTIVE Using Cuban data, critically assess and implement two of the most recognized approaches to analyzing multiple causes of death.
METHODS Multiple causes of death in Cuba were assessed for the years 2005, 2010 and 2015, employing death records from the National Medical Records and Health Statistics Bureau of Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health. With the example of diabetes mellitus as underlying cause, we explored connections between underlying and associated (antecedent and contributing) causes on death certifi cates using two approaches from the international literature: the simple method and the cause-of-death association indicator.
RESULTS The study identifi ed main trends in multiple causes of death identifi ed in 2005, 2010 and 2015, overall and by age group and sex. We observed a trend to increasing mean number of causes of death per death certifi cate between 2005 and 2015. The number of causes reported showed no substantial differences by age group or sex. Diseases of the arteries, arterioles and capillaries were by far the most frequently associated with diabetes mellitus as underlying cause.
CONCLUSIONS The multiple causes of death approach affords more nuanced understanding of patterns of disease, comorbidity and death in the Cuban population. The indicators used fulfi ll different roles: the simple method brings to light the full range of ways in which a given cause contributes to mortality, and the cause-of-death association indicator enables exploration of links between different causes of death, not possible with the simple method.


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