[Comment on article: "Mortality in the elderly: A socio-spatial analysis based on the degree of social deprivation"]

Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2021 Jun 14;59(2):108-109.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Regarding the article "Mortality in the elderly: A socio-spatial analysis based on the degree of social deprivation", some important conceptual and methodological clarifications are proposed in order of helping to clarify what is the contribution of spatial analysis in epidemiology and public health.

Referente al artículo “Mortalidad del adulto mayor: análisis espacial basado en el grado de rezago social” se proponen algunas precisiones conceptuales y metodológicas importantes, con el propósito de contribuir a clarificar cuál es el aporte del análisis espacial en epidemiología y salud pública.

Keywords: Geographic Information Systems; Geographic Mapping; Spatial Analysis.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Spatial Analysis*