Monitoring the cluster of high-risk mortality areas in the southwest of Spain

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Published: 1 November 2012
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Inspired by a previous study showing a striking geographical mortality clustering, not attributable to chance, in the south-western region of Spain in 1987-1995, the authors have conducted an ecological study of time trends in all-cause mortality risk between 1987-1995 and 1996-2004 in 2,218 small areas of Spain. To identify high-risk areas, age-adjusted relative risks for each area, stratified by sex and time period, were computed using a Bayesian approach. Areas of high-risk in both periods, or in the second period only, were identified. Annual excess mortality and percentage of people living in these high-risk areas, again stratified by sex and time period, were estimated. The cluster of high mortality risk areas identified in the southwest of Spain during 1987-1995 persisted in the period 1996-2004 with an increase in the number of highrisk areas and in annual excess of mortality. These increases showed a gender difference, being more pronounced in women.

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Buxò-Pujolrás, M., Martínez, J. M., Yasui, Y., Borrell, C., Martín, J. C., Vergara, M., Cervantes, M., & Benach, J. (2012). Monitoring the cluster of high-risk mortality areas in the southwest of Spain. Geospatial Health, 7(1), 73–81. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.106