Vaillant RM, Ramírez FCE, Guisandes ZA, Salas PSR, Meléndez SDC

Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 767-773
PDF size: 59.54 Kb.

ABSTRACT

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in Santiago de Cuba province in order to determine the male mortality from violence according to some behaviors (accidents, suicides and homicides) during 2011, for which the information was obtained from the Provincial Statistical Department and computerized records of mortality due to such causes. Among the results the increment of violent deaths by accidents, with a predominance of males and the early ages of life, was remarkable; also, male sex constituted the highest risk group, being the most vulnerable to these deaths, in which increasingly aggressive methods were used, with a marked increase of premature mortality and years of life potentially lost. Finally, it was recommended to devise intervention strategies in groups of men with risk for these behaviors, mainly at younger ages, in order to reduce the risk of dying and to extend their socially useful years of life.

REFERENCES

1. De Keijzer B. El varón como factor de riesgo: masculinidad, salud mental y salud reproductiva [citado 5 Sep 2012].

2. Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Situación de salud en las Américas. Indicadores básicos. 2009. Washington, D.C.: OPS; 2009 [citado 20 Nov 2012].

3. Briceño León R, Villaveces A, Concha Eastman A. Understanding the uneven distribution of the incidence of homicide in Latin America. Int J Epidemiol. 2008; 37(4): 751–7.

4. Tuñón Pablos E, Bobadilla Bernal DJ. Mortalidad en varones jóvenes de México. Universidad de Sonora Hermosillo, México. Estudios Sociales. 2005; 13(26): 68-84.

5. Vázquez M. Ser joven, ser varón, ser pobre. La mortalidad por causas violentas en los adolescentes del conurbano bonaerense. En: Jornadas Gino Germani. Buenos Aires: IIFCS Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani; 2001.

6. Salas Calvo JM. Acerca de la masculinidad. Algunas discusiones y tareas pendientes [citado 20 Nov 2012].

7. Månsdotter A, Lundin A, Falkstedt D, Hemmingsson T. The association between masculinity rank and mortality patterns: a prospective study based on the Swedish 1969 conscript cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2009; 63(5): 408-13.