Malignant tumors, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and bronchopneumonia constitute the first causes of death in San Antonio de los Baños, despite the health promotion and prevention actions carried out within the health strategy. People between 25 and 59 years of age are the most affected.
The high prevalence of insufficient dietary habits due to excessive consumption of salt and fat, low ingestion of vegetables, sedentary lifestyle and obesity are considered some of the risk factors that affect the evolutionary development of chronic diseases, stated Elba Rosa Rojo, head of the Hygiene and Epidemiology Department of the municipality.
Miladis Gutiérrez Millo, head of the Department of Chronic Diseases in the territory explains that research is done in order to diagnose these pathologies and apply timely treatment. The consumption of alcohol and tobacco causes disability and it becomes a high cost problem for the economy and the health system in the country.
