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Vol. 4. Issue 16.
Pages 12-17 (January - February 1990)
Vol. 4. Issue 16.
Pages 12-17 (January - February 1990)
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Razón de años de vida perdidos evitables: un indicador para identificar exceso de, mortalidad en areas de salud*
Avoidable Years of Life Lost Ratio: an Indicator to Identify Excess in Mortality in Health Areas
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Fernando G. Benavides1, Santiago Pérez1, Aurelio Cayuela2, Andreu Nolasco1,**, Hermelinda Vanaclocha3, Col-lectiu d'Estudis de Mortalitat del País Valencià
1 Departamento de Salud Comunitaria. Universidad de Alicante
2 Becario del FISSS. Adscrito al Departamento de Salud Comunitaria
3 Conselleria de Sanitat i Consum. Generalitat Valenciana
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La mortalidad evitable ha sido propuesta como indicador de resultado de los servicios sanitarios. Hasta ahora, la medida de efecto más utilizada para detectar exceso de mortalidad evitable ha sido la razón de mortalidad estandarizada (RME). Proponemos como medida complementaria a la RME, la razón de años de vida perdidos evitables (RAVPE).

Comprobamos para la tuberculosis, la hipertensión y el total de muertes evitables cómo ambas medidas proporcionan información complementaria, pues en algunas áreas donde las defunciones observadas son inferiores a las esperadas (RME < 100) se observa un número de años de vida perdidos superior a los esperados (RAVPE > 100) como consecuencia de producirse estas defunciones en edades más prematuras.

La RAVPE es una medida de efecto estandarizada que da mayor peso a las defunciones prematuras.

Palabras clave:
Mortalidad
Razón de mortalidad estandarizada
Mortalidad prematura
Años de vida perdidos evitables
Summary

Avoidable mortality has been proposed as an outcome indicator of health services. Untill now the Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) has been the effect measure most used to detect excesses in avoidable mortality. We propose the use, as a complementary measure, of the Avoidable Years of Life Lost Ratio (AYLLR).

We show that for tuberculosis, hypertension and for all avoidable deaths both measures provide complementary information, since in some areas where observed deaths are below the expected number (SMR<100) we detect an observed number of years of life lost higher than expected (AYLLR> 100), due to the occurence of these deaths at younger ages.

The AYLLR is a standardized effect measure that puts a higher weight to premature deaths.

Key words:
Mortality
Standardized mortality ratio
Premature mortality
Avoidable years of life lost
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Parte de los resultados de este trabajo fueron presentados en la VIII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (Santiago de Compostela, 1989). Este trabajo ha sido financiado por una ayuda a la investigación del FISSS. 88/1133

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