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According to a study by the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC), ANDALUCIA has the highest rate of cardiovascular disease mortality.
In Spain, cardiovascular diseases such as heart or congenital disease are the number one cause of deaths.
The SEC claims that it is more prevalent among lower-income areas in the country.
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In its study, the SEC compiled statistics on 764,000 heart failure patients who were admitted to 263 public hospitals across Spain. Between 2016 and 2022.
Andalucia recorded the highest death rate (16.4%) – twice that of Basque Country, with a figure just below 8%.
Although income was associated with cardiovascular events, the study admitted that Navarre came third in mortality rankings at 13.4%. Extremadura was second at 14.1%.
The Balearic Islands (9.3%) and the Community of Madrid (9.5%) were at the bottom of the list after the Basque Country.
The results are consistent with other international studies that have examined regional variations in mortality.
The new element is that it is the first recent study covering large numbers of people that gets into the differences by taking into account both the clinical risk of patients and the social factors that influence health.
Carolina Ortiz is a cardiologist and one of the authors of the study. She works at Alcorcon Foundation University Hospital. Her team studied how social conditions, hospital type, and admission frequency affect the mortality rates and number of patients admitted.
Ortiz said that variations between the 17 regions ‘are not explained by the complexity or volume of hospitals at the regional level’.
She claimed that there is a clear link between GDP per person or wealth in a given area.
“The highest mortality occurs in regions with the lowest GPD,” she added.
“With 760,000 public admissions and a robust system of risk adjustment, it is clear that the improvement of living conditions and resources in communities are as important as hospital treatment,” Ortiz concluded.
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