oldest in Europe, and deaths from breast and colon cancer are declining

The community analyzes the health of Madrid residents after the Covid pandemic with detailed report prepared by the Directorate General of Public Health.

The study reflects encouraging data such as reduction in population mortality from tumorsalthough they continue to be the leading cause of death, cardiovascular diseases follow closely behind.

Thus, if in 1980 320 men died from cancer per 100,000 inhabitants, then in 2021 this figure has decreased to 271. For women, the amount has increased from from 160 deaths in 1980 to 141 in 2021.

Mortality Breast cancer has also decreased According to Community of Madrid Health Report 2023presented yesterday by Health Minister Fatima Matute.

Of death due to colon cancer also decreased and they currently amount to 12 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants among women and 24 among men.

The importance of prevention

The Madrid government explains this decline in mortality early detection programsallowing the region to have lower death rates than the national average.

For this reason, the Minister of Health emphasized the importance of “prevention programs and the acquisition, increasingly healthy habits from the citizens.

In fact, another positive fact of the report is that Mortality from cardiovascular diseases has halved over the past 20 years.

However, the document also reflects that Deaths from lung-related causes have doubled among women. Moreover, it has become the leading cause of malignant tumors in this sex, even above breast cancer.

Of death for the pancreas they also did not stop increasing over the same period: 15% among men and 26% among women from Madrid.

The study also reported positive findings on smoking, a major public health problem. Since 2001 tobacco consumption decreased by 16 points

for men and 15 for women. However, one in five adults still smokes.

When it comes to alcohol, 49% of Madrid residents are between 18 and 64 years old. consume it regularly. However, the number of at-risk drinkers has declined over the past 20 years, rising from 4.3% in 2001 to 1.8% in 2021.

Life expectancy increases

After overcoming the pandemic, the region restored and strengthened European leadership relative to life expectancy, which averages 84 years. Over the past two decades, life expectancy for women has increased from 84 to 87 years, and for men from 77 to 82 years.

This improvement is achieved primarily through a reduction in mortality. people over 65 years old. In fact, 56% of life expectancy gained between 2001 and 2021 came from residents of this age group.

We must not forget that 19% of the Community’s population you are 65 years or olderwhich leads to an aging population, and this trend will intensify.

Fertility rates continue a downward trend that began in 2009 across Europe, with a rate of 7.6 births per 1,000 inhabitants. However, in the Community This trend reversed in 2023, with 52,319 births.

which is 2.7% more than the previous year.

The government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso has taken a number of measures to promote motherhood and provided almost 16,000 obstetrics. Meanwhile, the age at which women give birth to their first child continues to rise, reaching 34.6 years. and more than 10% of these cases occur in pregnant women over 40 years of age.