ABSTRACT
This chapter examines mortality and health services in Mexico City. It begins with an overview of mortality changes from 1930 to the 1990s. The chapter also examines the effect of gender distribution on mortality, since women are known to have lower mortality rates than men. The interrelationships between mortality and health attributes are examined. The spatial pattern of medical and health care in the Megacity shows large differences in medical center treatment volume, medical attention for fatal diseases, and federal government medical benefits. The relationships of mortality rates and other mortality dimensions are studied through correlation analysis. Diet is discussed in historical context, referring to data from the 1970 census of population. The chapter looks into various causes of death in Mexico City versus the remainder of the nation. Since there are considerable differences in death causes nationally, it is important to examine causes of death nationally, prior to examining them for the Megacity states.
