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- ÍtemAcceso Abierto“Epidemiología hospitalaria de las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles, Cuenca en el período 2019 – 2021”(Universidad Católica de Cuenca., 2023) Segarra Barrera, Catalina Maribel; Vivar Zambrano, Elva Fabiola; Pogyo Morocho, Gloria Luzmila; 0106379837; 0302580956; ., .Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) mentions chronic non- communicable diseases as conditions with a slow progression that causes damage to the organism, gradually affecting people’s organs and tissues. Objective: To establish hospital epidemiology in Cuenca’s most prevalent chronic non- comunicable diseases from 2019 to 2021. Methodology: This was a descriptive, retrospective study of quantitative nature; the total population was a obtained from the database of the National Institute of Statistics and Census of Ecuador (INEC by its Spanish acronym) from 2019 to 2021. Secondary data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2010 ® and the statistical package SPSS®v26 software. Results: Chronic diseases are contrated more predominantly in the male sex with 55,9%, the institutions with the highest coverage were the general clinics with 55,60%, with a hospital stay of up to 93 days, a greater frequency of care in the gastroenterology specialty, and a mortality of 7,86% per 100 patients admitted. Conclusions: According to the results obtained, the prevalence of tumors is highlighted, and it is important to strengthen cancer prevention programs.