[The epidemiologic transition in rural Catalonia: Sant Pere de Ruidebitlles, 1880-1935].

This article examines the mortality fall in rural Catalonia [Spain] during the epidemiologic transition. The discussion focuses on an analysis of all causes of death in Sant Pere de Riudebitlles Register Office from 1880 to 1935 the eve of the Civil War....The main causes of death [were] epidemic and gastro-enteric diseases for children under five until the first decades of the twentieth century; from then on the main causes of death [were] degenerative diseases affecting people over fifty years of age and in turn life expectancy increased. (EXCERPT) (SUMMARY IN ENG AND FRE)