Regional distribution of health conditions: a long-run approach from the causes of mortality in Uruguay

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https://doi.org/10.33231/j.ihe.2025.02.03

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This study analyzes the evolution of mortality in Uruguay from a regional perspective. Despite its promising achievements during the 19th century, mortality decline in Uruguay became gradually slower in the 20th century. Using a new regional database, this work revisits long term trends in mortality and discusses its evolution by applying beta, club and sigma-convergence indicators and by looking for regional patterns. The results show cross-province variations in the convergence path along with club’s convergence and persisting dispersion. The findings also point out to certain provinces and groups of population that held a permanent disadvantaged position, mainly related to controllable disease deaths. The study thus provides new evidence to discuss the slow-down trend of mortality throughout the period while allows identifying failures in the regional coverage of health improvements and living conditions.

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2025-06-02

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Azar Dufrechou, P., & Román Ramos, C. (2025). Regional distribution of health conditions: a long-run approach from the causes of mortality in Uruguay. Investigaciones De Historia Económica, 21(2), 49–79. https://doi.org/10.33231/j.ihe.2025.02.03

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