Economy and its relation to the health of the Cuban population

An observational and descriptive investigation was carried out to show the derivations of the relation economy/health by means of demographic, epidemiological, social and economic data, linked to the process health-disease, mainly in Santiago de Cuba province during the biennium 2010-2011. Among the main results there were, besides the Cuban population increment in 2011, the annual growth rate, the aging level and the expenses in health and care, that from the economically active population in Cuba, 62.4% was composed by men and 37.6% by women, with higher percentage of unemployment of the last ones in comparison with the first ones (3.5 and 3.0, respectively). From the obtained values it is concluded that the province showed differences in the health condition regarding other domestic regions, linked to the level of social development and the surrounding atmosphere, as well as that the increase of the indicators already mentioned and of the non-communicable chronic diseases constituted in that stage a challenge for the financing of care and sanitary programs.