Green Space, Noise and Air Pollution and Mortality in Barcelona

Background/Aim: Relatively few studies have evaluated simultaneously the relationship between green space, air pollution and noise and mortality in urban setting We conducted a study to evaluate the relationship between green space, noise and air pollution and all cause mortality in Barcelona using a large patient database with individual level mortality and covariate data. Methods: Both men and women of 18 years and above registered on January 1 2010 by the Sistema d'Informacio pel Desenvolupament de la Investigacio en Atencio Primaria (SIDIAP) were included in the cohort and followed up until 31 December 2014 or until death. SIDIAP is a primary care computerized medical records of a representative sample of 0.8 million people in Barcelona. We used different definitions of green space (greenness and access to green space), noise maps and air pollution estimates from land use regression modeling. From the SIDIAP database we extracted Individual level covariate data such as age, gender, country of origin, ...