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Disparites regionales et socio-economiques de la mortalite en Amerique Latine

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  • Orihuela-Egoavil, Emilio Fernando

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Résumé L'écart concernant l'espérance de vie entre les différent pays d'Amérique Latine a diminué de manère significative entre 1960 et 1979; depuis, cette diminution est négligeable. Ainsi, au milieu des années quatre-vingt, la disparité entre ces pays reste considérable, surtout quand on la compare avec la situation européene. En effect, un groupe de pays apparaît qui, en matière de santé, est plus proche des pays favorisés d'Europe que des autres pays latino-américains et un groupe dont la faible espérance de vie l'apparente à certains pays d'Afrique Noire. L'analyse statistique révèle qu'à partir de 1960 les facteurs économiques sont plus associés à cette disparité lorsque l'ésperence de vie est inférieure à 64 ans alors que les culturels de cet âge. L' analyse factoriele montre qu'au milieu des années quatre-vingt, la variation de l'état de santé (mesuré per les indicateurs classiques de mortalité) est d'abord le résultat de l'impact des caratéristiques rurales sur les sociétés latino-américaines, facteur qui explique prés des deux tiers de la variation et, ensuite, de l'effet d'un relatif équilibre économique qui rend compte d'environ un quart de la variance de la mortalité. Par contre, le facteur démographique est faiblement lié à variation de l'état de santé. Sur la base de ces facteurs, il est possible de classer les pays en six groupes associés de facon significative à l'espérance de vie. Differences in life expectancy between various countries of Latin America decreased considerably between 1960 and 1979. More recently, this decrease has slowed down in the 1980s. Disparities between Latin American countries remain considerable. Indeed, some countries are near European standards, others are more similar to some countries of sub-Saharan Africa with low life expectancy. Statistical analysis has demonstrated that after 1960, disparities are associated with economic factors, life expectancy is lower than 64 years; with cultural factors life expectancy is higher. According to the results of a factoral analysis, it is possible to classify countries into six groups with regard to life expectancy.

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  • Orihuela-Egoavil, Emilio Fernando, 1993. "Disparites regionales et socio-economiques de la mortalite en Amerique Latine," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 36(10), pages 1357-1365, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:36:y:1993:i:10:p:1357-1365
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    1. Biggs, Brian & King, Lawrence & Basu, Sanjay & Stuckler, David, 2010. "Is wealthier always healthier? The impact of national income level, inequality, and poverty on public health in Latin America," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(2), pages 266-273, July.

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