BACKGROUND: Mortality from @entity378 ( @entity378 ) is of characteristics such as to be studied with a multiple cause focus, as this disease is not generally fatal in itself, but is however linked to many @entity204 . This study is aimed at describing @entity378 as a cause of @entity204 in the Autonomous Community of Madrid throughout the 1991-1998 period. METHOD: A descriptive study of @entity204 in the Autonomous Community of Madrid (1991-1998) entailing @entity378 as the main cause or as a diagnosis mentioned in the Death Statistics Bulletin (DSB). The data was taken from the Autonomous Community of Madrid Death Registry. Variables analyzed: sex, age, year deceased, main cause and other diagnoses mentioned in the DSB. Crude annual rates, standardized rates by age and specific rates by age and sex were calculated. A comparison was made as to the average number of diagnoses per @entity204 . RESULTS: A total of 1,206 @entity204 "with @entity378 ", 915 males and 291 females, were recorded. The main cause was @entity378 in 566 of these cases, @entity645 / @entity791 in 442 and other diseases in 198 cases. The "with @entity378 " @entity204 rates showed peak values in 1995 among both males and females. There were an average of 3.4 diagnoses per @entity204 , this average having undergone an increase throughout the period under study (p < 0.05) CONCLUSIONS: With a multi-cause focus, @entity378 doubles in @entity204 rate statistics. Its presence is associated with other diseases, especially with @entity645 / @entity791 for the period analyzed.

[Mortality and XXXX : analysis of multiple causes in the Community of Madrid (1991-1998)].

@entity791 :: ('MESH:D000163', 'Disease') :: ['AIDS'] @entity378 :: ('MESH:D014376', 'Disease') :: ['tuberculosis', 'TBC'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death', 'deaths'] @entity645 :: ('57667', 'Species') :: ['HIV']
@entity378 :: (MESH:D014376,Disease) :: ['tuberculosis']
