title: Deprivation and AIDS in a southern European city: different patterns across transmission group.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse deprivation and AIDS among three AIDS transmission groups (men who have sex with men--MSM, heterosexuals, and intravenous drug users--IDUs) in Barcelona, Spain, during the period 1990-95.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is an ecological study, the unit of analysis being the neighbourhoods. Included were AIDS cases residents in Barcelona. The association among AIDS rate and deprivation was studied using Spearman correlation coefficients and Poisson regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For MSM, inner city neighbourhood residence meant a greater risk of AIDS; but lower educational level was inversely related with AIDS rates. For heterosexuals, variables related with AIDS rates were younger age, inner city areas and social unrest for women, and extreme poverty for men. Among UDIs variables related with AIDS were unemployment and social unrest for both sexes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The association between AIDS rates and deprivation differs across transmission groups in a southern European city.
authors.affiliation: Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Brugal
authors.forename: Carme
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Borrell
authors.forename: Estela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Díaz-Quijano
authors.forename: M Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Pasarín
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: García-Olalla
authors.forename: Joan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Villalbí
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D011203:Poverty; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology; D014504:Urban Health; D014505:Urban Population