Answer to Comment on article “Mortality in the elderly: A socio-spatial analysis based on the degree of social deprivation”

Authors

  • Dolores Mino-León <p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Centro M&eacute;dico Nacional Siglo XXI, Hospital de Especialidades &ldquo;Dr. Bernardo Sep&uacute;lveda Guti&eacute;rrez&rdquo;, Unidad de Investigaci&oacute;n en Epidemiolog&iacute;a Cl&iacute;nica. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico</p> http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5144-2728
  • Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo <p>Secretar&iacute;a de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Geriatr&iacute;a, Direcci&oacute;n General. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico</p> http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-6644
  • Nidya Velasco-Roldán <p>University of Massachusetts Boston, Gerontology Institute, Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging. Boston</p> http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8784-2504
  • Oscar Rosas-Carrasco <p>Universidad Iberoamericana, Campus Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Departamento de Salud. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico</p> http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0564-5882

Keywords:

Aged, Health Status Disparities, Social Inequity, Mortality, Mexico

Abstract

In this letter, the authors respond to the comment received, arguing that the main contribution of their article was to show that the place of habitual residence, as well as the sex and age of the individual, determine the main causes of mortality among Mexican older adults.

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Author Biographies

  • Dolores Mino-León, <p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Centro M&eacute;dico Nacional Siglo XXI, Hospital de Especialidades &ldquo;Dr. Bernardo Sep&uacute;lveda Guti&eacute;rrez&rdquo;, Unidad de Investigaci&oacute;n en Epidemiolog&iacute;a Cl&iacute;nica. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico</p>

    Investigador. Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica del Hospital de Especialidades del CMN Siglo XXI, IMSS, CDMX, México.

  • Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo, <p>Secretar&iacute;a de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Geriatr&iacute;a, Direcci&oacute;n General. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico</p>

    Dirección General. Instituto Nacional de Geriatría

  • Nidya Velasco-Roldán, <p>University of Massachusetts Boston, Gerontology Institute, Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging. Boston</p>

    University of Massachusetts Boston

  • Oscar Rosas-Carrasco, <p>Universidad Iberoamericana, Campus Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, Departamento de Salud. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico</p>

    Profesor-Investigador

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Published

2021-06-14

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 2 (2021): March-April

Section

Letter to the Editor

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