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Mortality atlas of the MEDEA3 Project




This tool shows the main results of the research project entitled “Socioeconomic and environmental inequalities in the geographical distribution of mortality in large Spanish cities (1996-2015): MEDEA3”. The main goal of this project is the study of the geographical distribution of mortality in large Spanish cities, keeping on with the work already developed in the 2 previous editions of this project.

This atlas has been developed by the MEDEA3 research group (see Authors tab), and it has been funded by the PI16/00670, PI16/00755, PI16/01004, PI16/01187, PI16/01273, PI16/01281 y PI18/01313 aids of the Carlos III health institute, and cofunded by the European Regional Development Fund.


Atlas Authors

The MEDEA3 project, and the making of this atlas, has been coordinated by the Valencia city MEDEA3 node, which is made up of the following members:

Miguel Ángel Martínez Beneito1,2,3 (Principal investigator and project leader), Carmen Alberich4 , Paloma Botella Rocamora2,4 , Francisca Corpas Burgos2,3,5 , Marisa Estarlich3,6 , Jordi Pérez Panadés2,4 , Carlos Vergara Hernández2,3,6,7 ,Óscar Zurriaga Llorens3,4,8 .

1 : Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad de Valencia.
2 : Grupo de investigación Bayensians.
3 : Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP).
4 : Dirección General de Salud Pública y Adicciones, Generalitat Valenciana.
5 : Área de Desigualdades en Salud, Fundación FISABIO.
6 : Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Valencia.
7 : Área de Investigación en Vacunas, Fundación FISABIO.
8 : Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Ciencias de la Alimentación, Toxicología y Medicina Legal, Universidad de Valencia.