Buxó Pujolràs, Maria, 1978-Martínez, José MiguelYasui, YutakaBorrell i Thió, CarmeMartín, Juan CarlosVergara, MontserratCervantes, MartaBenach, Joan2023-11-212023-11-212012Buxó-Pujolràs M, Martínez JM, Yasui Y, Borrell C, Martín JC, Vergara M, et al. Monitoring the cluster of high-risk mortality areas in the southwest of Spain. Geospat Health. 2012 Nov 1;7(1):73-81. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2012.1061827-1987http://hdl.handle.net/10230/58327Inspired 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.application/pdfengPAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.106GeographicalMortalityClusteringTime trendsHigh-riskSpaininfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess