Physical environment and life expectancy at birth in Mexico
An Eco-Epidemiological Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5270915 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alvaro J Idrovo (0000-0001-9579-1463, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1175-1184 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0102-311x2011000600014 |
| PMID | 21710014 |
| OpenAlex | W2016805012 |
| SciELO | S0102-311X2011000600014 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 47 |
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
Biology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Life expectancy · Population · Poverty · Psychological resilience · Socioeconomics · Urbanization · Vulnerability (computing) · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Ecology · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology
The Concept of Environmental Sustainability
Ecological Resilience—In Theory and Application
Ecologic Studies in Epidemiology
Theories for social epidemiology in the 21st century
Protoindustrialization
A Brief History of the Philosophical Foundations of Exploratory Factor Analysis
Sample Size in Factor Analysis
Common Factor Analysis Versus Principal Component Analysis
El empoderamiento de las mujeres y la esperanza de vida al nacer en México
Power distribution, the environment, and public health
Measuring neighbourhood social and material context
Biodiversity
Traditional epidemiology, modern epidemiology, and public health
A technique for estimating life expectancy with crude vital rates
Measuring and explaining the change in life expectancies
Beyond the income inequality hypothesis and human health
Integrar sociedade e natureza na luta contra a fome no século XXI
Josué de Castro e a Geografia da Fome no Brasil
Ecological approaches to rural development projects
The black report and beyond what are the issues
The Determinants of Mortality
Proto-industrialization
Causes and health consequences of environmental degradation and social injustice
Place effects on health
Defining the "urban" in urbanization and health
Why is poverty unhealthy? Social and physical mediators
Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |