Abstract

HERRERA GIRALDO, Alberth Cristian. Review of sanitary demography of the department of Risaralda, Colombia, 2012. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2013, vol.19, n.1, pp.21-30. ISSN 0122-0667.

Introduction/Methods: A descriptive analysis was performed with a series of demographic indicators calculated with secondary information of Department Administrative of Statistics National DANE, of Registry of Affiliates RUAF and SIVIGILA Surveillance Epidemiology System. Results: It was found that Risaralda is a department with young population, which is experiencing a demographic transition, characterized by an increased life expectancy and decreased fertility. Risaralda is a department where most people are located in the metropolitan area, 78% of births happens in the cities, in contrast, the highest birth rate are given in rural municipalities, especially where exist high unsatisfied basic needs. The 25% of births occurred in women under age 19. While the Index of masculinity is 94.98, There were more men’s births and this rate decreases with age. 75% of the economically active people are in the metropolitan area, the dependency ratio is 49.8%. 56% of deaths occurred in men. The infant mortality rate was 9.99 per 1000 live births. The highest mortality rate was in the town of Pueblo Rico where they died 6.32 people per 1000 habitants. In the department, life expectancy in 2011 was 75.9 years, 73.8 for men and 77.9 for women. Discussion: Is worrying the situation the municipality of Pueblo Rico, where mortality indicators, basic needs, fertility and life expectancy are the lowest of the department. This work serves as a source of information for decision-making and public policy planning at the Department.

Keywords : Population Distribution; Demographic Analysis; Age Distributions; Colombia.

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