Tendencias de morbilidad y mortalidad por neumonía en adultos mexicanos (1984-2010)

Objective: To describe in Mexican population, trends in national morbidity and mortality for pneumonia in adults from 1984 to 2010. Methods: An ecological study of retrospective time series from 1984 to 2010 for morbidity, and from 2000 to 2008 for pneumonia mortality using national data available. The percentage change in the number of cases and crude and age-adjusted rate was measured. The statistical signifi cance of the annual trends was assessed with the nonparametric trend test for ordered groups. Results: Pneumonia was mainly in children aged 0-4 years and over 65 years old. Morbidity showed a signifi cant upward trend. Deaths were maintained without signifi cant trend observed; analysis by age group went down in all groups except in the 15 to 64 who observed an upward trend. Conclusions: The rising morbidity and overall mortality did not observe any trend, do assume that interventions to improve control of pneumonia are still inadequate, so it is essential to develop future research in Mexican population to identify areas of weakness and health policies needed to observe a favorable change.