Interprovincial variations in mortality from cancer: factorial and cluster analyses

Cancer mortality rates among males, for sixteen sites in the fifty Spanish provinces were analyzed using two data reduction techniques, factor and cluster analysis. Five independent underlying factors were identified by factor analysis which appear to influence cancer mortality patterns. Cluster ana...

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Published in:Gaceta sanitaria 1990-11, Vol.4 (21), p.227-232
Main Authors: Cayuela Domínguez, A, Lacalle Remigio, J R, Gili, M
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Cluster Analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Humans
Male
Neoplasms - mortality
Spain
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Summary:Cancer mortality rates among males, for sixteen sites in the fifty Spanish provinces were analyzed using two data reduction techniques, factor and cluster analysis. Five independent underlying factors were identified by factor analysis which appear to influence cancer mortality patterns. Cluster analysis aggregated provinces into different groups using these factor scores as the clustering criteria. Each of the groups thus defined a distinctive profile of site-specific cancer mortality rates.
ISSN:0213-9111