Spatial-temporal analysis and spatial drivers of hepatitis-related deaths in 183 countries, 2000-2019.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis is the seventh leading cause of mortality worldwide and is the only communicable disease where mortality is increasing, yet the long-term spatial-temporal variation at global scale and its possible causes, i.e., drivers, remain unknown. Firstly, this study employed the measure of spatial autocorrelation, Moran's I, and the measure of local spatial cluster, Getis-Ord G_i*, to characterize the spatial variation of mortality due to hepatitis in 183 countries globally for years 2000, 2010, 2015 and 2019. Then, a novel spatial statistical method, named the Geographical Detector, was utilized to investigate eight possible influencing factors, i.e., risk factors, of the spatial-temporal variation of mortality due to hepatitis. The results showed significant disparities of hepa

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10645816 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature