Geographical differences in whooping cough in Catalonia, Spain, from 1990 to 2010

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Title:	Geographical differences in whooping cough in Catalonia, Spain, from 1990 to 2010
Author:	Crespo, Inma; Soldevila, Nuria; Muñoz Gracia, María del Pilar; Godoy, Pere; Carmona, Gloria; Domínguez García, Angela
Other authors:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Estadística i Investigació Operativa; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LIAM - Laboratori de Modelització i Anàlisi de la Informació
Abstract:	Whooping cough is a communicable disease whose incidence has increase d in recent years in some countries with vaccination. Since 1981, in Catalonia (Spain), cases must be reported to the Public Health Department. In 1997, surveillance changed from aggrega ted counts to individual report and the surveillance system was improved after 2002. Ca talan public health is universal with equal coverage geographically. The aim of this st udy was to determine whether there are differences in whooping cough incidence in rural and urban counties.
Abstract:	Peer Reviewed
Subject(s):	-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Estadística aplicada::Estadística biosanitària -Multivariate analysis -Whooping cough -Surveillance -Epidemiology -Public health -Anàlisi multivariable -62H Multivariate analysis
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Document type:	Article - Published version Article
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