Socio-spatial Inequalities in Mortality among the Populations of Large Czech Towns in 2001-2011

Abstract

Research on the spatial distribution of population mortality and its social and economic determinants occupies an important place in both social and epidemiological science, in particular owing to its practical implications. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the structural and spatial mortality distribution of selected Czech urban populations (Prague, Brno, Pilsen, and Ostrava) during the inter-censual period of 2001-2011.

It also relates mortality conditions to the specific social characteristics of the population living in a given area.

Keywords

• mortality
• urban population
• socioeconomic inequalities
• , spatial analysis
• Bayesian mapping
• ecological approach