Abstract

Objectives Taranto, a city in south-eastern Italy, suffersserious environmental pollution from industrial sources. Aprevious cohort analysis found mortality excesses amongneighbourhoods closest to industrial areas. Aim of thisstudy was to investigate whether mortality also increased inother neighbourhoods compared to Apulia region.Methods Standardized mortality ratios were computed.Number of deaths and of person-years at risk by neighbourhoodcame from the previous cohort study for1998-2008 period. Reference population was Apuliaregion excluding Taranto province. A meta-analysis wasconducted across less close neighbourhoods computingsummary SMR estimates and evaluating heterogeneity.Results For the entire city higher mortality values areconfirmed for all causes, all malignant neoplasms andseveral specific sites, neurological, cardiac, respiratory anddigestive diseases. High mortality values are not confinedto neighbourhoods closest to industrial areas for lungcancer, cardiac, respiratory and digestive diseases, in bothsexes, and among women for all malignant neoplasms andpancreatic cancer.Conclusions Increased mortality risks can also beobserved in Taranto neighbourhoods not directly adjacentto industrial areas. Spatial trend, impact of socio-economicfactors and

Autore Pugliese

• Gianicolo Emilio Antonio Luca

Tutti gli autori

• Vigotti M.A.; Mataloni F.; Bruni A.; Minniti C.; Gianicolo E.A.L.

Titolo volume/Rivista

International journal of public health

Anno di pubblicazione

2014

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1661-8556

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