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[Health transition in Spain from 1900 to 1990]

E Robles González1, F García Benavides, J Bernabeu Mestre

  • 1Departmento de Salud Pública, Universitat de Alicante.

Revista Espanola De Salud Publica
|March 1, 1996
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Spain

Area of Science:

  • Demography
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Health transition involves changes in health conditions and mortality rates linked to demographic shifts.
  • Analyzes Spain's health transition from 1900 to 1990.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the health transition in Spain over the 20th century.
  • Examines epidemiological, risk, and healthcare transitions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized historical data series on Natural Population Changes.
  • Incorporated Annual Statistics and Housing Census Reports.

Main Results:

  • Overall mortality decreased by 70%, child mortality by 96%.
  • Life expectancy increased by 120% (35 to 77 years).

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  • Infectious disease deaths declined 95%, non-infectious disease deaths rose 134%; epidemiological transition concluded by the 1950s.

    • Conclusions:

    • Improved sanitation, healthcare spending, and services drove epidemiological changes.
    • New health challenges emerged from working conditions, urbanization, and lifestyle changes.