On average, a man loses his life every hour in the state, reports the Inegi
The Yucatecan male mortality increased for the third year in a row 2024 and this was the third year with the most deaths of men in Yucatán in a decade, reports the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), consulted on the occasion that today November 19 is he International Men’s Day.
One of the objectives of International Men’s Day is to promoteMen’s health and social, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being.
In this context, the Inegi informa how many men die each year in Yucatán and also their 20 main causes of mortality.
Men’s Day: how many die in Yucatán
According to him Inegi, the three years with the most deaths of men in Yucatán in a decade were 2021 y 2020the first two of the Covid pandemic, with 10,689 y 10,329 deaths of men, respectively, and 2024con 8,842 deaths.
Based on the deaths of 2024, On average 24 men die in Yucatán every dayI mean, one every hour.
In Yucatanlmortality of men increased 3.5% from 2020 to 2021, fell 22.8% in 2022when 8,255 men died; went up just 0.8% in 2023with 8,321 deaths, but increased 6.3% in 2024according to Inegi.
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In a decadehe says Inegi, deaths of Yucatecan men increased 21.7%going from 7,266 deaths in 2015 to 8,842 deaths in 2024.
Men’s Day: what men die of in Yucatán
On the causes of death of men Yucatanhe Inegi reports that las heart diseases They remain in first place, with 2,180 deaths.
In 2024, male deaths from heart disease increased 5.9%compared to 2,058 deaths in 2023, indicates the Inegi.
Furthermore, of every 100 men who died in 2024, 26 died of heart disease.
Of the 2,180 men who died of heart disease, 10 males were 15-24 years old; 27 they had 25-34 years, 60 they had 35-44 years, 409 they died at 45-64 years y 1,664 they had 65 years or older.
Prostate and stomach cancers are increasing
Also malignant tumors They remain the second cause of death for Yucatecan men, with 808, 12 more (an increase of 1.5%) than the 796 deaths in 2023.
He prostate cancer is the deadliest, with 128 deaths20 more than the 108 in 2023. In a castling, the stomach cancer rose to second place, with 82 deceased in both 2023 and 2024, and that of the liver and intrahepatic bile ducts fell to third place, dropping from 83 to 80 deaths.
Diabetes rises to third cause of male death
In 2024 diabetesin a castling, rose to the third cause of death of Yucatecan men, with 793 deathsan increase of 15.9% compared to the 684 deaths in 2023, and liver diseases They fell to the fourth cause, with 792 deaths7.8% more than the 737 deaths in 2023.
More men killed in motor vehicle accidents
The accidents In general, they remained the fifth cause of Yucatecan male mortality and decreased 5.4%, going from 571 to 540 deaths from 2023 to 2024, although lMen killed in motor vehicle accidents increased 3%from 331 to 338 in the same period.
In 2024, 18 causes of death of Yucatecan men were repeated, although in a different order,
Like penultimate and last causes of male mortality in 2024 debuted the epilepticcon 44 deceased (an increase of 8.3% compared to the 24 deaths in 2023), and chronic and unspecified bronchitis, emphysema and asthmacon 28 muertosdouble the 14 of 2023. They replaced the dengue hemorrhagic fever already at anemiaswhich caused 29 and 28 deaths, respectively in 2023.
Fewer men dying from suicide and malnutrition
Likewise, the Inegi indicates that the men who died from 14 causes increased, and the men who died from the remaining six decreased.
For example, suicideswhich remain the eighth cause of male death, fell from 285 deaths in 2023 to 283 deceased in 2024ylto malnutrition fell from eleventh to fourteenth place, going from 155 to 76 muertos in the same years.
Men dying from kidney failure, HIV and homicides increase
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On April 19, 2024, the Yucatán Police arrested Bilha Esther CQ, then 34 years old and originally from the municipality of Tixkokob, as the alleged murderer of Fernando José MZ, who died from a beating in 2014. Official photo
In contrast, kidney failure It rose from tenth to ninth cause of death for Yucatecan men, going from 144 to 188 deaths from 2023 to 2024.
In turn, heHIV disease (AIDS) remained the tenth cause of male mortality, but deaths increased 11.4%, from 96 to 107 deceased.
Also the homicides They remain the seventeenth cause of death and rose from 49 to 50 from 2023 to 2024.
The complete list of 20 deadly diseases and external factors which must be taken care of men of Yucatan It is found in the following graph: