Resumen de Estacionalidad de la mortalidad infantil en España: variabilidad espacial y temporal
V. Alonso, F. Luna, A. Perrino, M.A. Edo, V. Fuster
This paper considers the temporal change and the rural and urban differences of the seasonal pattern for infant mortality, occurring in Spain from 1975 to 1999. The Henry seasonal coefficient and the Edwards test suggest a temporal decrease of seasonal pattern for both endogenous and exogenous infant mortality; mainly for the latter. The seasonal pattern found is characterized by a higher frequency of deaths in months corresponding to winter. The month distribution of exogenous deaths, with a maximum in winter applies to rural as well as urban environments. Contrarily, the endogenous mortality has a random distribution throughout all the studied period. This random pattern changes only in rural areas, where deaths increase in winter.
