Ethnic Mortality differences in Colombia between 1980-2007 and 2008-2015

1980-2007 年和 2008-2015 年哥伦比亚的种族死亡率差异

• 批准号: 2275007
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Southampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2275007
• 关键词: Ethnic; Mortality; differences; Colombia; between

In Colombia, Indigenous and Afro-descendants are dying, on average, earlier than white-mestizo persons and persistently from different causes. This means that deaths from infectious diseases and homicide are more frequent in indigenous and black people respectively. These mortality differences have been recently proved; however, it is unknown whether this mortality gap between ethnic groups is getting larger or smaller over time. The lack of studies that analyse this problem and also the poor quality of mortality data by ethnic group have hindered a greater understanding of this topic.In my Ph.D. project, I propose to analyse the mortality differences by ethnic group in Colombia between 1980-2007 and 2008-2015. For the period 1980-2007 the ethnic variable will be reconstructed with statistical methods of ethnicity classification, and from 2008 to 2015, it can be taken from mortality registers. This study attempts not only to characterize the epidemiological profile of each ethnic group (variability of age at death, mains causes of death, and life expectancy) but also, to use a new methodology to assign the ethnic background to deceased persons in mortality studies. This represents a great opportunity for countries where the ethnic mortality data are of poor quality or are not available. The outputs of this study will allow us to understand better the health inequalities in Colombia, and therefore, to design more effective public health policies. Mortality data for this study were already provided by the Colombian Office for National Statistics (DANE).

在哥伦比亚，土著人和非洲人后裔的平均死亡时间早于白人混血儿，而且持续死于不同的原因。这意味着土著人和黑人因传染病和凶杀而死亡的情况分别更为频繁。这些死亡率差异最近已得到证实；然而，随着时间的推移，不同种族之间的死亡率差距是越来越大还是越来越小尚不清楚。缺乏分析这个问题的研究以及按种族划分的死亡率数据质量差，阻碍了对这个主题的更深入的理解。在该项目中，我建议分析 1980-2007 年和 2008-2015 年哥伦比亚按族裔群体的死亡率差异。 1980-2007年期间的种族变量将采用种族分类统计方法重建，2008-2015年则可从死亡登记中获取。这项研究不仅试图描述每个种族群体的流行病学特征（死亡年龄的变异性、主要死因和预期寿命），而且还试图使用一种新的方法来为死亡率研究中的死者分配种族背景。这对于种族死亡率数据质量差或无法获得的国家来说是一个很好的机会。这项研究的成果将使我们能够更好地了解哥伦比亚的健康不平等问题，从而设计出更有效的公共卫生政策。本研究的死亡率数据已由哥伦比亚国家统计办公室 (DANE) 提供。