The impact of Popular Health Insurance “Seguro Popular”on diabetes mortality in Mexico, 1999-2014

Dear editor: Diabetes mellitus (DM)has been the first cause of death in females  and the second  cause in males since 2003 in Mexicans aged 20 to 79.1 A study from 1980 to 1999 showed that the age-standardized mortality rate of DM (ASMR) in Mexico increased dramatically parallel to ratesof obesity.2...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Hernández-Garduño, Abigaíl Yasmín Jiménez-Cortez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2017-08-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Online Access:http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/8466