espanolActualmente la muerte es un hecho inevitable, sin embargo, la esperanza de vida ha cambiado de forma importante en el tiempo y aun en nuestros dias difiere ampliamente entre grupos humanos. El avance de la tecnologia sanitaria ha permitido que ciertas muertes puedan controlarse, postergarse o evitarse. Por ello, el objetivo de esta investigacion es medir el impacto que tienen las causas de muerte evitable, sobre las variables demograficas en la Region Caribe colombiana,1999-2014. Para lograrlo, se utilizo el metodo de eliminacion hipotetica de causas de muertes usando tablas de vidas. Los resultados indican que si en el periodo de estudio se hubiesen evitado algunas muertes a causa de enfermedades del sistema circulatorio y causas externas de mortalidad, la esperanza de vida de esta poblacion se hubiera prolongado significativamente. EnglishDeath is now an inevitable fact, however, life expectancy has changed significantly in time and still in our day it differs widely between human groups. The advancement of health technology has allowed certain causes of death to be controlled, postponed or avoided. Therefore, the objective of this research is to measure the impact of a preventable death cause on demographic variables in the Colombian Caribbean region 1999-2014. To achieve this, the hypothetical method of elimination of Causes of life-table deaths was used. The results indicate that in this period of study, deaths from diseases of the circulatory system and external causes of mortality had been avoided, the life expectancy of this population would have been significantly prolonged.