Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury

Bonilla Carrión, Róger Enrique; Chavarría, Juan B.

dc.creator	Bonilla Carrión, Róger Enrique
dc.creator	Chavarría, Juan B.
dc.date	2015-06-30
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-02T22:36:53Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-02T22:36:53Z
dc.identifier	http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/19497
dc.identifier	10.15517/psm.v13i1.19497
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10669/21735
dc.description	The aim of this research was to investigate mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica (disease versus injury deaths) and compare it with the young native population. The study focused on persons aged 15 to 34 years, due to the relative importance of the injury deaths in this age group. Deaths (numerators) and population data (denominators), which were obtained from the 10th Population and Housing Census 2000, were used to calculate the mortality rates per 100,000 inhabitants. The relative risk (RR) results from dividing each set of causal standardized mortality rates. Approximately 66% of deaths among Nicaraguan immigrants are injury deaths versus 57% for the native population. Immigrants have higher relative risks (RR) of mortality than natives for injury deaths (homicides RR =2.00, other accidents RR =1.70, and vehicular accidents RR =1.17). We emphasize that Nicaraguan immigrants have twice the risk of dying from homicide than the native population.	en-US
dc.description	The aim of this research was to investigate mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica (disease versus injury deaths) and compare it with the young native population. The study focused on persons aged 15 to 34 years, due to the relative importance of the injury deaths in this age group. Deaths (numerators) and population data (denominators), which were obtained from the 10th Population and Housing Census 2000, were used to calculate the mortality rates per 100,000 inhabitants. The relative risk (RR) results from dividing each set of causal standardized mortality rates. Approximately 66% of deaths among Nicaraguan immigrants are injury deaths versus 57% for the native population. Immigrants have higher relative risks (RR) of mortality than natives for injury deaths (homicides RR=2.00, other accidents RR=1.70, and vehicular accidents RR=1.17). We emphasize that Nicaraguan immigrants have twice the risk of dying from homicide than the native population.	es-ES
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	spa
dc.publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica	en-US
dc.relation	Población y Salud en Mesoamérica;
dc.rights	Copyright (c) 2015 Población y Salud en Mesoamérica	en-US
dc.rights	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/	en-US
dc.source	Población y Salud en Mesoamérica; Volumen 13, Número 1	en-US
dc.source	Población y Salud en Mesoamérica; Volumen 13, Número 1	es-ES
dc.source	Población y Salud en Mesoamérica; Volumen 13, Número 1	pt-PT
dc.source	1659-0201
dc.subject	Mortalidad	en-US
dc.subject	muertes por causas externas	en-US
dc.subject	muertes por enfermedades	en-US
dc.subject	inmigrantes	en-US
dc.subject	Costa Rica	en-US
dc.subject	Mortality	es-ES
dc.subject	injury deaths	es-ES
dc.subject	disease deaths	es-ES
dc.subject	immigrants	es-ES
dc.subject	Costa Rica	es-ES
dc.title	Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury	en-US
dc.title	Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury	es-ES
dc.type	artículo original

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