This paper addresses a central debate in research and policy on population and environment, namely the extent to which rapid population growth is associated with the massive deforestation currently underway in the tropics. ...

We studied the relationships between blood pressure (BP), pulse pressure (PP) and cardiovascular (CV) death in older adults using data from 2346 participants enrolled in the Costa Rican CRELES study, mean age 76 years (s.d. ...

A long-standing concern of sociologists is the contribution of diffusion processes to social change. This article considers the contribution of social interaction diffusion to the fertility transition in Costa Rica, focusing ...

Background: Little is known about adult health and mortality relationships outside high-income nations, partly because few datasets have contained biomarker data in representative populations. Our objective is to ...

Se estudia la mortalidad e incidencia del cáncer de mama y cuello útero en Costa Rica y se las compara con datos de mujeres blancas de los Estados Unidos de América. La mortalidad por cáncer de mama en Costa Rica muestra ...

Un panel de patologías costarricenses efectuó un análisis histológico de las biopsias de 677 casos de cáncer de cuello de útero in situ e invasor diagnosticados en Costa Rica en 1982 - 1984. El panel confirmó el diagnóstico ...

Reliable data show that the Nicoyan region of Costa Rica is a hot spot of high longevity. A survival follow-up of 16,300 elderly Costa Ricans estimated a Nicoya death rate ratio (DRR) for males 1990–2011 of 0.80 (0.69–0.93 ...

El incremento en la prevalencia de la obesidad en el mundo ha despertado el interés de investigadores y gran público debido a la asociación del exceso de grasa corporal con ciertas enfermedades degenerativas (Popkin, 2006). ...

Objetivo. Valorar el impacto de la reforma del sector de la salud iniciada en Costa Rica en 1995 sobre la mortalidad de niños y adultos y la equidad en el acceso a los servicios de salud. Métodos. La reforma del sector ...

Costa Ricans have cultivated peace and democracy for decades. They have also achieved outstanding levels of health. Their economic well-being is not so good, however. The 1949 constitution abolished the armed forces in ...