Heat Waves and Human Well-Being in Madrid (Spain)

Effects of heat waves on human mortality, Galicia, Spain

Two major heat waves were identified in Galicia over the period 1987–2006. The first was detected in July 1990, and the second in August 2003. The most likely factor contributing to both heat waves was the north-eastward displacement of the Atlantic subtropical high. The effect of these heat waves on excessive mortality was assessed through the analysis of temperature means and normalized morta...

Understanding Human Well - being

Modeling multidimensional inequality in well-being: the case of Spain

The aim of this paper is to assess the evolution of multidimensional inequality in well-being using Lorenz curves. Closed expressions for the bivariate Lorenz curve defined by Arnold (1983) are given. We assume a relevant type of models based on the class of distributions with given marginals described by Sarmanov and Lee (Lee, 1996; Sarmanov, 1966). This specification of the bivariate Lorenz c...

Mortality in Spain during the heat waves of summer 2003.

The effect of the elevated temperatures on mortality experienced in Europe during the summer of 2003 was observed in several countries. This study, carried out in Spain, describes mortality between 1 June and 31 August and evaluates the effect of the heat wave on mortality. Observed deaths were obtained from official death registers from 50 provincial capitals. Observed deaths were compared wit...

Female Injecting Drug Users in Madrid, Spain

A cross-sectional study was performed to explore the behaviour of female intravenous drug users (lOUs) in Madrid, Spain, to determine the relationships between behaviour and a number of dependent variables. We considered: l.Sociodemographic characteristics Drug-taking behaviour, sexual behavior (including prostitution), reproductive health, and utilisation of services targeted at female IDUs. 2...