title: Preventable avoidable mortality: evolution of socioeconomic inequalities in urban areas in Spain, 1996-2003.
abstract: This study describes the inequalities in preventable avoidable mortality in relation to socioeconomic levels and analyses their evolution during the period 1996-2003 in the cities of Alicante, Castellon and Valencia. Four causes of preventable avoidable mortality were analysed according to sex: malignant tumour of the trachea, bronchus and lung, cirrhosis and other chronic diseases of the liver, motor vehicle accidents and AIDS, which had caused the death of non-institutionalised residents in the three cities during the period 1996-2003. The different census tracts were grouped into three socioeconomic levels. In general, socioeconomic inequalities in preventable avoidable mortality remain constant in time, except the ones caused by AIDS in Valencia, where they increase for men. Some census tracts in the three cities where the study was carried out were found to have significantly higher preventable mortality rates, and therefore require intervention.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia, Universidad de Alicante, Apartado 99, 03080-Alicante, Spain. nolasco@ua.es
authors.forename: Andreu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nolasco
authors.forename: Inmaculada
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Melchor
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pina
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pereyra-Zamora
authors.forename: Joaquin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moncho
authors.forename: Nayara
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tamayo
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García-Senchermes
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zurriaga
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez-Beneito
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012923:Social Class; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult