dc.creatorBilal, Usama
dc.creatorHessel, Philipp
dc.creatorPerez-Ferrer, Carolina
dc.creatorMichael, Yvonne L.
dc.creatorAlfaro, Tania
dc.creatorTenorio-Mucha, Janeth
dc.creatorFriche, Amelia A. L.
dc.creatorPina, Maria Fatima
dc.creatorVives, Alejandra
dc.creatorQuick, Harrison
dc.creatorAlazraqui, Marcio
dc.creatorRodriguez, Daniel A.
dc.creatorMiranda, J. Jaime
dc.creatorDiez-Roux, Ana V.
dc.creatorthe SALURBAL group
dc.date2022-08-30T21:50:35Z
dc.date2022-08-30T21:50:35Z
dc.date2021-02-25
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-31T19:14:33Z
dc.date.available2023-08-31T19:14:33Z
dc.identifierBilal, U., Hessel, P., Perez-Ferrer, C., Michael, Y. L., Alfaro, T., Tenorio-Mucha, J., Friche, A. A. L., Pina M. F., Vives, A., Quick H., Alazraqui, M., Rodriguez, D.A, Miranda, J.J., Diez-Roux, A.V. y the SALURBAL group . . . the SALURBAL group. (2021). Life expectancy and mortality in 363 cities of latin america. Nature Medicine, 27(3), 463-470. doi:10.1038/s41591-020-01214-4
dc.identifier1078-8956
dc.identifierhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-01214-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8556653
dc.descriptionThe concept of a so-called urban advantage in health ignores the possibility of heterogeneity in health outcomes across cities. Using a harmonized dataset from the SALURBAL project, we describe variability and predictors of life expectancy and proportionate mortality in 363 cities across nine Latin American countries. Life expectancy differed substantially across cities within the same country. Cause-specific mortality also varied across cities, with some causes of death (unintentional and violent injuries and deaths) showing large variation within countries, whereas other causes of death (communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional, cancer, cardiovascular disease and other noncommunicable diseases) varied substantially between countries. In multivariable mixed models, higher levels of education, water access and sanitation and less overcrowding were associated with longer life expectancy, a relatively lower proportion of communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional deaths and a higher proportion of deaths from cancer, cardiovascular disease and other noncommunicable diseases. These results highlight considerable heterogeneity in life expectancy and causes of death across cities of Latin America, revealing modifiable factors that could be amenable to urban policies aimed toward improving urban health in Latin America and more generally in other urban environments.
dc.descriptionUniversidad de Ibagu?
dc.languageen
dc.publisherNature Medicine
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectCities
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.subjectLife Expectancy
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectMortality
dc.subjectYoung Adult
dc.titleLife expectancy and mortality in 363 cities of Latin America
dc.typeArticle


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