RESUMO
En las Islas Baleares no existe ningún informe que analice detalladamente posibles patrones de desigualdades en mortalidad en áreas pequeñas. Por ello, se pretendió realizar un atlas de mortalidad a partir de la geocodificación de los registros de mortalidad y observar posibles patrones. Sin embargo, el proceso de obtención de los datos necesarios para la realización del atlas puso de manifiesto una serie de problemas metodológicos que se presentan en esta nota. Estos problemas se centran en la falta de una unidad geográfica pequeña constante en el tiempo, la dificultad de obtener la población por edad y sexo por sección censal en el periodo de estudio, la calidad de la cartografía y la falta de normalización de los datos recogidos en el Boletín Estadístico de Defunción. Los problemas metodológicos derivados de este proceso deben tenerse en cuenta en futuros trabajos con características similares (AU)
No analyses have been performed in the Balearic Islands (Spain) to assess health inequalities in mortality in small areas. The objective of this study was to construct a mortality atlas using geocoding of mortality records. During this process, several problems were encountered, which are summarized in this article. These problems were based on the lack of stable small geographical areas, difficulties in obtaining the population for small areas divided by age and sex for the study period, problems with the quality of the cartography, and the poor quality of the mortality records. The methodological problems identified in this process should be considered in future studies (AU)
Assuntos
Humanos , Disparidades nos Níveis de Saúde , Mortalidade/estatística & dados numéricos , Localização Geográfica de Risco , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
No analyses have been performed in the Balearic Islands (Spain) to assess health inequalities in mortality in small areas. The objective of this study was to construct a mortality atlas using geocoding of mortality records. During this process, several problems were encountered, which are summarized in this article. These problems were based on the lack of stable small geographical areas, difficulties in obtaining the population for small areas divided by age and sex for the study period, problems with the quality of the cartography, and the poor quality of the mortality records. The methodological problems identified in this process should be considered in future studies.
