Geodemographic Area Classification and Association with Mortality: An Ecological Study of Small Areas of Cyprus.

ABSTRACT: Geographical investigations are a core function of public health monitoring, providing the foundation for resource allocation and policies for reducing health inequalities. The aim of this study was to develop geodemographic area classification based on several area-level indicators and to explore the extent of geographical inequalities in mortality. A series of 19 area-level socioeconomic indicators were used from the 2011 national population census. After normalization and standardization of the geographically smoothed indicators, the k-means cluster algorithm was implemented to classify communities into groups based on similar characteristics. The association between geodemographic area classification and the spatial distribution of mortality was estimated in Poisson log-linear spatial

SUBMITTER: Lamnisos D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720657 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature