The geographical distribution of mortality by cause in Chile

摘要: Standardised mortality ratios for 19 causes of death are computed the provinces Chile. All have a particular geographical distribution in common: they either positively or negatively associated with availability health services. This is likely to be result propinquity services populations higher socio-economic status and also differences recording accuracy between urbanised where access especially difficult. By holding effects service variability constant, other patterns rates emerge. For lung cancer, two northern ten times those central