TY - JOUR

T1 - Mapping the (un)healthy city

T2 - Proximity to urban facilities and chance of premature mortality from myocardial infarction in São Paulo city

AU - Leite, Carlos

AU - Saldiva, Paulo

AU - de Andre, Carmen Diva Saldiva

AU - Barrozo, Ligia Vizeu

AU - Alvim, Angelica Benatti

AU - Herling, Tereza

AU - Corrêa, Eliene

AU - Acosta, Claudia

AU - de Andre, Paulo Afonso

AU - da Silva, Luiz Fernando Ferraz

AU - Pereira, Ivan

AU - Marques, Andresa Ledo

N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the Mackenzie Research and Innovation Fund under Grant # 201004 MACK - 0004234/004 , Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), grant # 13/21728-2 and Brazilian Ministry of Health , grant # 815781/2014 .

PY - 2024/5

Y1 - 2024/5

N2 - Applied research in healthy cities is often based on empirical investigations of the association between the built environment and health outcomes using spatial analysis. We investigated the influence of proximity to urban facilities on the occurrence of early deaths from myocardial infarction (age <60 years) in the city of São Paulo, with cause of death determined by autopsy. The study data were extracted from interviews applied to relatives/caregivers of 458 deceased autopsied at the Death Verification Service, collecting information on demographic characteristics, residential address, life habits and previous health conditions. After geocoding the residential addresses of the deceased, the distances to different urban facilities were calculated. The existence of an association between the odds of death from myocardial infarction aged <60 years versus ≥60 years and distance to urban facilities was assessed by fitting logistic regression models. The results showed a significant association between these distances and the odds of early death from infarction. More specifically, when distances to different facilities were halved, the odds of death at <60 years were reduced by a factor of 0.78 (−22 %) for community clubs; 0.73 (−27 %) for sports centers; and by 0.80 (20 %) for cycle paths). These results indicate the potential of interventions to benefit human health through the formulation of spatially-integrated public policies in cities.

AB - Applied research in healthy cities is often based on empirical investigations of the association between the built environment and health outcomes using spatial analysis. We investigated the influence of proximity to urban facilities on the occurrence of early deaths from myocardial infarction (age <60 years) in the city of São Paulo, with cause of death determined by autopsy. The study data were extracted from interviews applied to relatives/caregivers of 458 deceased autopsied at the Death Verification Service, collecting information on demographic characteristics, residential address, life habits and previous health conditions. After geocoding the residential addresses of the deceased, the distances to different urban facilities were calculated. The existence of an association between the odds of death from myocardial infarction aged <60 years versus ≥60 years and distance to urban facilities was assessed by fitting logistic regression models. The results showed a significant association between these distances and the odds of early death from infarction. More specifically, when distances to different facilities were halved, the odds of death at <60 years were reduced by a factor of 0.78 (−22 %) for community clubs; 0.73 (−27 %) for sports centers; and by 0.80 (20 %) for cycle paths). These results indicate the potential of interventions to benefit human health through the formulation of spatially-integrated public policies in cities.

KW - Health geography

KW - Healthy cities

KW - Public policy

KW - Sao Paulo

KW - Urban health

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85184610549&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.cities.2024.104864

DO - 10.1016/j.cities.2024.104864

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85184610549

VL - 148

JO - CITIES

JF - CITIES

SN - 0264-2751

M1 - 104864

ER -