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<journal-id>1029-3019</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3019</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1029-30192023000600002</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Conglomerados espaciales de mortalidad por cáncer, cardiopatía isquémica y enfermedad cerebrovascular isquémica en la provincia de Santiago de Cuba]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Space conglomerates of mortality due to cancer, ischemic heart disease and ischemic cerebrovascular disease in Santiago de Cuba province]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Cala]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Armando Ernesto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Benítez Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Travieso Ramos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nadina]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Provincial Docente Dr. Joaquín Castillo Duany  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>27</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192023000600002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192023000600002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192023000600002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  Uno de los aspectos que más interés suscita en lo referente a la distribución geográfica de la mortalidad por cáncer es la formación de conglomerados espaciales.  Objetivo:  Identificar el patrón espacial de la mortalidad por cáncer, cardiopatía isquémica y enfermedad cerebrovascular isquémica mediante la detección y descripción de conglomerados espaciales en la provincia de Santiago de Cuba.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio ecológico exploratorio espacial de los fallecimientos por cáncer, cardiopatía isquémica y enfermedad cerebrovascular isquémica durante el período comprendido desde el 1 de enero hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2019 en la provincia de Santiago de Cuba, para lo cual se procedió a la detección de conglomerados espaciales de elevada y baja mortalidad por las causas antes citadas. Se empleó el método de escaneo espacial estadístico con el programa Satscan y las variables independientes fueron divididas en demográficas y clínicas.  Resultados:  De los 36 conglomerados espaciales de mortalidad detectados, 23 correspondieron al cáncer (65,8 %), 7 a cardiopatía isquémica (18,4 %) y 6 a enfermedad cerebrovascular isquémica (15,8 %); asimismo, 44,7 % del total eran de elevado riesgo y 55,3 % de bajo riesgo.  Conclusiones:  El patrón de la distribución espacial de mortalidad por cáncer de próstata, pulmón, mama, colon, esófago, cardiopatía isquémica y enfermedad cerebrovascular isquémica se caracterizó por la formación de conglomerados espaciales de elevada y baja mortalidad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  One of the aspects that more interest raises regarding the geographical distribution of mortality due to cancer is the formation of space conglomerates.  Objective:  To identify the space pattern of mortality due to cancer, ischemic heart disease and ischemic cerebrovascular disease by means of the detection and description of space conglomerates in Santiago de Cuba province.  Methods:  A space exploratory ecological study of deaths due to cancer, ischemic heart disease and ischemic cerebrovascular disease was carried out during January 1st to December 31, 2019 in Santiago de Cuba province, for which space conglomerates of high and low mortality due to the abovementioned causes were detected. The statistical space escanning method was used with the Satscan program and the independent variables were divided in demographic and clinical.  Results:  Of the 36 space conglomerates of mortality detected, twenty three corresponded to cancer (65.8%), seven to ischemic heart disease (18.4%) and six to ischemic cerebrovascular disease (15.8%); also, 44.7% of the total was of high risk and 55.3% of low risk.  Conclusions: The space distribution pattern of mortality due to prostate, lung, breast, colon, esophagus cancer, ischemic heart disease and ischemic cerebrovascular disease was characterized by the formation of high and low mortality space conglomerates.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[conglomerados espaciales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cancer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ischemic heart disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ischemic cerebrovascular disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[space conglomerates]]></kwd>
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