Morbidity, Mortality and Transition Epidemiological District Capital and States Zulia, Falcon, Barinas. Venezuela 2013

Abstract

The population and epidemiological structure of Venezuela has been changing, the entities are located in different stages of the demographic transition characterized by heterogeneous morbidity and mortality, a situation of interest to carry out the present investigation. We studied the behavior of morbidity, mortality and epidemiological transition in the Capital District and the Zulia, Falcon and Barinas States. The methodology used was quantitative research, with documentary design of exploratory-descriptive type and qualitative analysis; Delimited period December 2011 to May 2013. The entities studied show an increase in Chronic-degenerative diseases and a significant increase in deaths from external causes (suicides, homicides, accidents, etc.). Concluding that the entities present disparity in the main causes of death and morbidity, reaffirming that they are in different stages of the demographic and epidemiological transition, 114 observing changes in the health panorama, with a predominance of mortality to another one where morbidity is the dominant one.