Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population by year.
| Year | 2017 n = 18,521 |
2018 n = 20,363 |
2019 n = 21,934 |
2020 n = 40,549 |
2021 n = 45,756 |
2022 n = 36,263 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, females, n (%) | 9047 (48.9) | 10,011 (49.2) | 10,822 (49.3) | 18,917 (46.7) | 22,189 (48.5) | 18,136 (50.0) |
| Age, years, median (25th–75th percentile) | 64.0 (77.0, 86.0) | 64.0 (77.0, 86.0) | 65.0 (78.0, 87.0) | 66.0 (78.0, 86.0) | 65.0 (78.0, 86.0) | 66.0 (79.0, 87.0) |
| Civil status, married, n (%) | 7′690 (43.6) | 8′946 (45.3) | 9909 (46.2) | 19,377 (48.6) | 21,628 (47.7) | 16′169 (45.2) |
| Education, n (%) | ||||||
| None/any elementary school/incomplete high school | 11,360 (72.4) | 12,282 (71.9) | 12,757 (69.7) | 22,613 (66.4) | 24,524 (65.2) | 19,555 (67.9) |
| Complete high school | 2692 (17.1) | 2816 (16.5) | 3187 (17.4) | 7007 (20.6) | 8126 (21.6) | 5670 (19.7) |
| Any higher than high school | 1645 (10.5) | 1981 (11.6) | 2365 (12.9) | 4432 (13.0) | 4944 (13.2) | 4079 (13.1) |
| Health insurance, n (%) | ||||||
| SISa | 8085 (66.6) | 10,226 (64.6) | 11,610 (61.7) | 20,425 (58.7) | 25,454 (61.8) | 21,666 (64.4) |
| ESSALUDb | 3193 (26.3) | 4829 (30.5) | 6395 (34.0) | 12,968 (37.2) | 14,311 (34.7) | 10,867 (32.3) |
| Private/out-of-pocket health expenditure/other | 1434 (11.3) | 1497 (9.0) | 1550 (7.9) | 2790 (7.7) | 2687 (6.3) | 1794 (5.2) |
| Deaths by age categories, n (%) | ||||||
| 0–5 | 123 (0.7) | 98 (0.5) | 89 (0.4) | 135 (0.3) | 127 (0.3) | 133 (0.4) |
| 6–10 | 91 (0.5) | 83 (0.4) | 72 (0.3) | 97 (0.2) | 112 (0.2) | 101 (0.3) |
| 11–14 | 92 (0.5) | 74 (0.4) | 71 (0.3) | 105 (0.3) | 120 (0.3) | 144 (0.4) |
| 15–19 | 120 (0.6) | 112 (0.6) | 135 (0.6) | 147 (0.4) | 193 (0.4) | 178 (0.5) |
| 20–24 | 173 (0.9) | 194 (1.0) | 153 (0.7) | 229 (0.6) | 243 (0.5) | 246 (0.7) |
| 25–29 | 227 (1.2) | 210 (1.0) | 201 (0.9) | 314 (0.8) | 335 (0.7) | 309 (0.9) |
| 30–34 | 214 (1.2) | 231 (1.1) | 228 (1.0) | 354 (0.9) | 471 (1.0) | 365 (1.0) |
| 35–39 | 264 (1.4) | 269 (1.3) | 285 (1.3) | 524 (1.3) | 602 (1.3) | 489 (1.3) |
| 40–44 | 391 (2.1) | 428 (2.1) | 432 (2.0) | 739 (1.8) | 871 (1.9) | 648 (1.8) |
| 45–49 | 500 (2.7) | 530 (2.6) | 567 (2.6) | 1002 (2.5) | 1220 (2.7) | 862 (2.4) |
| 50–54 | 728 (3.9) | 754 (3.7) | 704 (3.2) | 1325 (3.3) | 1724 (3.8) | 1179 (3.3) |
| 55–59 | 871 (4.7) | 954 (4.7) | 969 (4.4) | 1850 (4.6) | 2299 (5.0) | 1619 (4.5) |
| 60–64 | 1107 (6.0) | 1246 (6.1) | 1304 (5.9) | 2565 (6.3) | 2988 (6.5) | 2037 (5.6) |
| 65–69 | 1357 (7.3) | 1543 (7.6) | 1626 (7.4) | 3344 (8.2) | 3715 (8.1) | 2687 (7.4) |
| 70–74 | 1859 (10.0) | 2092 (10.3) | 2222 (10.1) | 4076 (10.1) | 4691 (10.3) | 3343 (9.2) |
| 75–79 | 2262 (12.2) | 2524 (12.4) | 2663 (12.1) | 5053 (12.5) | 5471 (12.0) | 4328 (11.9) |
| >80 | 8142 (44.0) | 9021 (44.3) | 10,213 (46.6) | 18,690 (46.1) | 20,574 (45.0) | 17,595 (48.5) |
| Deaths by ICD-10, n (%) | ||||||
| I00-I99 (cardiovascular diseases) | 18,521 | 20,363 | 21,934 | 40,549 | 45,756 | 36,263 |
| I10-I15 (hypertensive diseases) | 4082 (22.04) | 4568 (22.43) | 4921 (22.44) | 11,300 (27.87) | 12,284 (26.85) | 8836 (24.37) |
| I20-I25 (coronary heart disease) | 4813 (25.99) | 5519 (27.1) | 6345 (28.93) | 16,655 (41.07) | 19,823 (43.32) | 15,114 (41.68) |
| I60-I69 (cerebrovascular disease) | 4735 (25.57) | 5690 (27.94) | 6013 (27.41) | 8355 (20.6) | 8974 (19.61) | 7613 (20.99) |
a
SIS: Seguro Integral de Salud in Spanish.
b
ESSALUD: Seguro Social de Salud in Spanish.