[Diabetes mortality in the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1990-2005]

Abstract

Diabetes is major contributor to the mortality in the Mexican population and particularly in the population insured by social security institutions like The Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS). Mortality rates have duplicated from 1990 to 2005 period and in some regions the increment has been even higher and faster. Men not insured by IMSS present the lowest mortality rates. Mortality by chronic diseases is no longer a problem of affluent regions since Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero, the poorest states in the country, have higher rates of increment than the northern and more developed regions. The different interventions employed by the health institutions should impact mortality rates in both the magnitude and velocity of increment especially in those regions where growth of mortality have been higher.