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Regional Disparities in Mortality after Ischemic Heart Disease in a Brazilian State from 2006 to 2010

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  • Luciano de Andrade
  • Vanessa Zanini
  • Adelia Portero Batilana
  • Elias Cesar Araujo de Carvalho
  • Ricardo Pietrobon
  • Oscar Kenji Nihei
  • Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho

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Background: High technology in the field of interventional cardiology applied in tertiary hospitals has brought enormous benefits in the treatment of ischemic heart disease (IHD). However, IHD mortality rates remain high. We analyzed the relationship between IHD mortality rate and the socioeconomic, demographic, and geographic conditions in 399 cities in Parana state, Brazil, from 2006 to 2010. Methods and Results: Data were obtained from the Mortality Information System and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and evaluated through Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis. GeoDa™ was used to analyze 29.351 deaths across 399 cities. We found a positive spatial autocorrelation regarding IHD mortality (I = 0.5913, p = 0.001). There was a significant positive association between each of three socioeconomic and demographic indicators and IHD mortality rate: Population Elderly Index (I = 0.3436), Illiteracy Rate (I = 0.1873) and City Development Index (I = 0.0900). In addition, two indicators presented significant negative association with IHD mortality rate: Adjusted Population Size (I = −0.1216) and Gross Domestic Product (I = −0.0864). We also found a positive association between IHD mortality rates and the geographic distances between patients’ city of residence and their corresponding regional referral centers in interventional cardiology (I = 0.3368). Cities located within Regional Health Units with Reference Interventional Cardiology Center presented a significantly lower average specific mortality rate by IHD. The high mortality rate by IHD within the Regional Health Units was not restricted to socioeconomic and demographic variables, but dependent on the distance between each city and their reference interventional cardiology center. Conclusions: We conclude that geographic factors play a significant role in IHD mortality within cities. These findings have important policy implications regarding the geographic distribution of cardiac health care networks in Latin America and in other emerging countries.

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  • Luciano de Andrade & Vanessa Zanini & Adelia Portero Batilana & Elias Cesar Araujo de Carvalho & Ricardo Pietrobon & Oscar Kenji Nihei & Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho, 2013. "Regional Disparities in Mortality after Ischemic Heart Disease in a Brazilian State from 2006 to 2010," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(3), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0059363
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059363
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