Physical environment and life expectancy at birth in Mexico: an eco-epidemiological study

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Autor(a) principal: Idrovo,Alvaro J.
Data de Publicação: 2011
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2011000600014
Resumo: The objective of this ecological study was to ascertain the effects of physical environment on life expectancy at birth, using data from all 32 Mexican states. 50 environmental indicators with information about demography, housing, poverty, water, soils, biodiversity, forestry resources, and residues were included in exploratory factor analysis. Four factors were extracted: population vulnerability/susceptibility, and biodiversity (FC1), urbanization, industrialization, and environmental sustainability (FC2), ecological resilience (FC3), and free-plague environments (FC4). Using OLS regressions, FC2, FC3, and FC4 were found to be positively associated with life expectancy at birth, while FC1 was negatively associated. This study suggests that physical environment is an important macro-determinant of the health of the Mexican population, and highlights the usefulness of ecological concepts in epidemiological studies.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Physical environment and life expectancy at birth in Mexico: an eco-epidemiological study
title Physical environment and life expectancy at birth in Mexico: an eco-epidemiological study
spellingShingle Physical environment and life expectancy at birth in Mexico: an eco-epidemiological study
Idrovo,Alvaro J.
Environmental Health
Environmental Pollution
Life Expectancy at Birth
title_short Physical environment and life expectancy at birth in Mexico: an eco-epidemiological study
title_full Physical environment and life expectancy at birth in Mexico: an eco-epidemiological study
title_fullStr Physical environment and life expectancy at birth in Mexico: an eco-epidemiological study
title_full_unstemmed Physical environment and life expectancy at birth in Mexico: an eco-epidemiological study
title_sort Physical environment and life expectancy at birth in Mexico: an eco-epidemiological study
author Idrovo,Alvaro J.
author_facet Idrovo,Alvaro J.
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Idrovo,Alvaro J.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Environmental Health
Environmental Pollution
Life Expectancy at Birth
topic Environmental Health
Environmental Pollution
Life Expectancy at Birth
description The objective of this ecological study was to ascertain the effects of physical environment on life expectancy at birth, using data from all 32 Mexican states. 50 environmental indicators with information about demography, housing, poverty, water, soils, biodiversity, forestry resources, and residues were included in exploratory factor analysis. Four factors were extracted: population vulnerability/susceptibility, and biodiversity (FC1), urbanization, industrialization, and environmental sustainability (FC2), ecological resilience (FC3), and free-plague environments (FC4). Using OLS regressions, FC2, FC3, and FC4 were found to be positively associated with life expectancy at birth, while FC1 was negatively associated. This study suggests that physical environment is an important macro-determinant of the health of the Mexican population, and highlights the usefulness of ecological concepts in epidemiological studies.
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