Evidence of the Relationship between Social Vulnerability and the Spread of COVID-19 in Urban Spaces
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Analysis of the Data on COVID-19 Infections in the Space Analyzed
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Urban Structure | District (Social Area) | Population | Area km2 | Density Pop./km2 | Cases COVID-19 | % Cases COVID-19 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Urban (Post 1960) | Carretera de Cádiz | 115,686 | 13.57 | 8527.97 | 5113 | 4.42% |
Historic Urban (Post 1950) | Cruz de Humilladero | 88,996 | 10.28 | 8655.20 | 3965 | 4.46% |
Historic Urban (Post 1960) | Bailen-Miraflores | 68,965 | 3.89 | 17,728.46 | 3275 | 4.75% |
Historic Center (Post 1850) | Centro Histórico | 80,254 | 5.08 | 15,809.89 | 2968 | 3.70% |
Historic Urban (Post 1970) | Málaga Este | 55,473 | 14.28 | 3884.69 | 2017 | 3.64% |
Historic Urban (Post 1940) | Ciudad Jardín | 38,602 | 4.44 | 8693.77 | 1888 | 4.89% |
Historic Urban (Post 1970) | Palma-Palmilla | 26,286 | 1.87 | 14,076.20 | 1542 | 5.87% |
Urban Periphery (Post 1980) | Puerto de la Torre | 34,883 | 5.63 | 6196.34 | 1515 | 4.34% |
Recent Urban (Post 1990) | Teatinos-Universidad | 26,711 | 4.42 | 6039.69 | 1344 | 5.03% |
Recent Urban (Post 1980) | Campanillas | 18,008 | 11.7 | 1538.63 | 990 | 5.50% |
Urban Periphery (Post 1980) | Churriana | 20,387 | 19.3 | 1056.55 | 862 | 4.23% |
STUDY AREA | 574,251 | 94.46 | 8382.49 | 25,479 | 4.44% |
Category | Source | Date |
---|---|---|
Family Status | Municipal Register of Inhabitants, National Institute of Statistics, Government of Spain | 2019 |
Social Status | Survey of Living Conditions (ECV) of the National Institute of Statistics, Government of Spain | 2019 |
Social Care | Information System for Users of Social Services (SIUSS-Junta de Andalucía) Regional Government | 2019 |
Spatial Framework | Malaga Urban Environment Observatory, Malaga City Council | 2020 |
District | Cases COVID-19 | Global Vulnerability Index | Subindex: Familiar Status | Subindex: Social Status | Subindex: Social Care | Subindex: Spatial Framework |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Málaga Este | 2017 | 0.2939 | 0.1940 | 0.2736 | 0.0445 | 0.6635 |
Palma-Palmilla | 1542 | 0.3061 | 0.2808 | 0.3314 | 0.0417 | 0.5706 |
Carretera de Cádiz | 5113 | 0.3396 | 0.3568 | 0.2954 | 0.0801 | 0.6262 |
Centro Histórico | 2968 | 0.3695 | 0.2680 | 0.4584 | 0.1137 | 0.6378 |
Bailén-Miraflores | 3275 | 0.4209 | 0.3823 | 0.5355 | 0.0964 | 0.6694 |
Churriana | 862 | 0.4244 | 0.4150 | 0.4410 | 0.1698 | 0.6720 |
Teatinos-Universidad | 1344 | 0.4259 | 0.3831 | 0.5429 | 0.1175 | 0.6602 |
Puerto de la Torre | 1515 | 0.4324 | 0.4164 | 0.5221 | 0.1199 | 0.6711 |
Ciudad Jardín | 1888 | 0.4477 | 0.2619 | 0.6154 | 0.2113 | 0.7020 |
Cruz de Humilladero | 3965 | 0.4485 | 0.3721 | 0.6377 | 0.1446 | 0.6396 |
Campanillas | 990 | 0.4629 | 0.3096 | 0.5681 | 0.2624 | 0.7116 |
Urban Structure | District | Population | Number of Infections | % | Hospital Admissions | % | Number of Deceased | % | Average Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Historic urban (post 1960) | Carretera de Cádiz | 115,686 | 5043 | 19.79 | 478 | 19.53 | 77 | 15.34 | 46.06 |
Historic urban (post 1940) | Cruz de Humilladero | 88,996 | 4102 | 16.10 | 463 | 18.92 | 86 | 17.13 | 46.58 |
Historic urban (post 1960) | Bailen-Miraflo- res | 68,965 | 3258 | 12.79 | 330 | 13.49 | 93 | 18.53 | 46.66 |
Historic center (post 1850) | Centro | 80,254 | 2918 | 11.45 | 271 | 11.07 | 78 | 15.54 | 47.87 |
Historic urban (post 1970 | Málaga Este | 55,473 | 2037 | 7.99 | 191 | 7.81 | 49 | 9.76 | 48.05 |
Historic urban (post 1940) | Ciudad Jardín | 38,602 | 1943 | 7.63 | 153 | 6.25 | 38 | 7.57 | 46.55 |
Urban periphery (post 1980) | Puerto de la Torre | 34,883 | 1562 | 6.13 | 169 | 6.91 | 21 | 4.18 | 46.61 |
Recent urban (post 1990) | Teatinos-Universi- dad | 26,711 | 1314 | 5.16 | 130 | 5.31 | 17 | 3.39 | 43.27 |
Historic urban (post 1970) | Palma-Palmilla | 26,286 | 1510 | 5.93 | 114 | 4.66 | 19 | 3.78 | 43.52 |
Urban periphery (post 1980) | Churriana | 20,387 | 890 | 3.49 | 81 | 3.31 | 7 | 1.39 | 48.09 |
Recent urban (post 1980) | Campanillas | 18,008 | 902 | 3.54 | 67 | 2.74 | 17 | 3.39 | 42.15 |
TOTAL | 574,251 | 25,479 | 100 | 2447 | 100 | 502 | 100 | 45.95 |
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Galacho-Jiménez, F.B.; Carruana-Herrera, D.; Molina, J.; Ruiz-Sinoga, J.D. Evidence of the Relationship between Social Vulnerability and the Spread of COVID-19 in Urban Spaces. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 5336. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095336
Galacho-Jiménez FB, Carruana-Herrera D, Molina J, Ruiz-Sinoga JD. Evidence of the Relationship between Social Vulnerability and the Spread of COVID-19 in Urban Spaces. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(9):5336. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095336
Chicago/Turabian StyleGalacho-Jiménez, Federico Benjamín, David Carruana-Herrera, Julián Molina, and José Damián Ruiz-Sinoga. 2022. "Evidence of the Relationship between Social Vulnerability and the Spread of COVID-19 in Urban Spaces" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 9: 5336. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095336