Zacatecas’ death rate was the highest in the country in preliminary data for 2022 According to National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).
The top three causes of death in Zacatecas were heart disease, diabetes, and assaults (homicides). during last year first semester Duration measured by statistics published by INEGI.
,
El Sol de Zacatecas recommends you read
→ Mexico has 23 thousand people on the waiting list to receive transplants
,
From January to June last year, 6,848 people died in Zacatecas.which translates into a death rate of 49.6 males and 34.5 females for every 10,000 inhabitants; well above the national average Which was 39.7 and 29 respectively.
total of 1,528 people died of heart disease (835 men and 693 women) Which is 22% of the total deaths in that period. Due to diabetes mellitus – the second leading cause of death – 693 Zacatecans lost their lives (340 men and 353 women).
Nationwide, heart disease ranks first among the leading causes of death, both on a general level and by their distinction according to gender.
With regard to excess mortality from cardiovascular disease, INEGI specified that an estimated 386,153 deaths were expected through endemic channels: 545,403 occurred. Thus, the excess mortality in this region through endemic channels was 159,250, representing 41%.
third cause of death
Assaults were the third cause of deaths at the state level, with 586 deaths, of which 514 were male and 72 female. It is to be noted that, during 2021, Homicide was also the third major reason according to the same source.
In Zacatecas, the killings exceeded deaths from malignant tumors and COVID-19, which claimed 585 and 517 lives, respectively.
In college In Colima, attacks overtake Zacatecas in deathsBeing in that state is another cause of mortality.
Nationwide, homicide was the eighth leading cause of death. In the first half of 2022, deaths due to this cause saw a slight decrease as compared to 2020 and 2021.
Regarding excess mortality from attacks, INEGI reported that there were 90,606 estimated deaths from the spatial channels and 91,236: 85,354 from the quasi-Poisson model. This represents the difference between 5,252 and 5,000. 882 deaths, which equates to 5.80 and 6.45%, respectively. Both were below expectations.
