Spatio-temporal evolution of female lung cancer mortality in a region of Spain, is it worth taking migration into account?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Comunitat Valenciana (CV) is a tourist region on the Mediterranean coast of Spain with a high rate of retirement migration. Lung cancer in women is the cancer mortality cause that has increased most in the CV during the period 1991 to 2000. Moreover, the geographical distribution of risk from this cause in the CV has been previously described and a non-homogenous pattern was determined. The present paper studies the spatio-temporal distribution of lung cancer mortality for women in the CV during the period 1987-2004, in order to gain some insight into the factors, such as migration, that have had an influence on these changes.

Methods

A novel methodology, consisting of a Bayesian hierarchical model, is used in this paper. Such a model allows the handling of da

SUBMITTER: Zurriaga O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2267803 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature