Author:

• Alicia Aleman - Aleman, A - <aaleman@unicem-web.org>

Co-author(s):

• Valentina Colistro - Colistro, V - <vcolistro@fmed.edu.uy>
• Mercedes Colomar - Colomar, M - <mcolomar@unicem-web.org>
• Fiorella Cavalleri - Cavalleri, F - <fcavalleri@fmed.edu.uy>
• Miguel Alegretti - Alegretti, M - <miguelalegretti@gmail.com>
• Marisa Buglioli - Buglioli, M - <marisa.buglioli@gmail.com>

Abstract:

Adolescence is considered a stage of good health and therefore unstudied. The objective of this study is to describe the evolution of mortality in adolescents in Uruguay and analyze the burden of disease in this stage of life through the measurement of the Years of Life Lost by Premature Death in Uruguay and its comparison with those of Latin America and the Caribbean by sex, cause and subregion.
Methodology. Secondary data sources were used: the national registry of deaths in Uruguay, the first Global Burden of Disease study in Uruguay and the information presented by the data visualization page of the Institute of Metrics and Health Evaluation. The data were extracted by the authors and presented in tables and graphs.
Results Mortality among adolescents has remained approximately stable between 1997 and 2015. The years lost due to premature death for Uruguay are more in men and its main causes are traffic accidents, self-inflicted injuries and violence. The same behavior occurs in the region.
Conclusions The social determinants of health linked to adolescents’ poverty and inequality play a role in the development of depression, risky and violent behaviors that possibly explain the loss of years due to premature death at this stage of life.

Keywords:

Adolescent, burden of disease, Latin America

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