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1Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.
JAMA
|April 11, 1990
Resumen
Las tasas de mortalidad disminuyen antes de eventos culturales significativos y aumentan inmediatamente después. Este patrón, observado en las poblaciones chinas alrededor del Festival de la Luna de la Cosecha, sugiere que la muerte puede posponerse temporalmente.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Sociología Sociología Sociología.
- Demografía La demografía es la demografía.
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los patrones de mortalidad pueden estar influenciados por factores culturales y sociales.
- El Festival de la Luna de la Cosecha es un evento cultural significativo para las comunidades chinas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la relación entre una ocasión simbólicamente significativa y los patrones de mortalidad.
- Para determinar si las tasas de mortalidad exhiben una caída antes y un pico después del Festival de la Luna de la Cosecha.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de datos de mortalidad de individuos chinos (n=1288) alrededor del Festival de la Luna de la Cosecha.
- Comparación con grupos de control no chinos para aislar los efectos culturales.
- Análisis estadístico que incluye regresión lineal y curvilineal y pruebas no paramétricas.
Principales resultados:
- Se observó una caída significativa en la mortalidad (35,1%) en la semana anterior al festival.
- Un pico significativo en la mortalidad (34,6%) se produjo en la semana siguiente al festival.
- Las enfermedades cerebrovasculares, las enfermedades cardíacas y las neoplasias malignas mostraron los patrones de caída / pico más pronunciados.
- Este patrón no se observó en los grupos de control no chinos.
Conclusiones:
- Los hallazgos sugieren que la muerte puede posponerse temporalmente hasta después de una ocasión significativa.
- Este fenómeno pone de relieve la influencia de la importancia cultural en el tiempo de la mortalidad.
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