RT Journal Article
T1 Learning about the incidence and lethality of COVID-19 in vulnerable neighborhoods: The case of Malaga (Spain).
A1 García-Peña, María del Carmen
A1 Molina-Luque, Julián
A1 Ruiz-Sinoga, José Damián
K1 COVID-19 - Distribución geográfica
K1 Vigilancia epidemiológica
K1 COVID-19 - Málaga - Mortalidad
AB This research delves into the need to use granular analyses at the neighborhood level tostudy the preexisting conditions of vulnerability that best explain the waves of COVID-19 incidence and mortality. It seems most appropriate to use the comprehensiveapproach of the sustainable development with variables that analyze the economic,social, environmental, and governance dimensions, given the extensive literature thatidenti es each as a determining factor for the impact of disease. The work utilizes acomposite vulnerability index that allows the city of Malaga to be divided into434 census sections; waves of incidence and mortality for each section are constructedfor the period of March 2020 to March 2021. Cluster analysis reveals that there are vedifferent cluster incidence patterns, whereas the lethality waves are found to behave asa hot-spot phenomenon. The results reveal that neighborhoods that are the mostvulnerable in terms of their demographic conditions (large proportion over 65 years ofage and dependent) and socioeconomic conditions (severe material deprivation), havebeen the most affected by COVID-19 infection and mortality.
PB SAGE
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36555
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36555
LA eng
NO García-Peña, Carmen; Molina, Julián; Ruiz Sinoga, José Damián (2023): “Learning about the incidence and lethality of COVID-19 in vulnerable neighborhoods: The case of Malaga (Spain)”, Volume 46, Issue 5-6, International Regional Science Review.
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/9219
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026