[COVID-19 in the city of Madrid and vulnerability. Analysis of the first two waves.].

Objective: The advance of the pandemic in the large cities of the world with great virulence and the apparent heterogeneous distribution by factors of vulnerability, led us to propose this work. The objective of this study was to relate COVID-19 infection rates to the social vulnerability of the city of Madrid by district, in two different episodes, spring 2020 and summer 2020.

Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study.

[Health, incidence and differences in the territorial vulnerability city of Madrid].

Objective: Territoriality is configured as an important axis of inequality. The objective of this study was to determine the level of association between territory and vulnerability, specifying proposals for territorial intervention using key socio-health indicators.

Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study, which combined the analysis of the Health Survey Madrid City 2017 (n=9,513) and the vulnerability-ranking indicator of the same year (n=2,780,197), popu-lation of the city of Madrid in 2017, from the Data Bank of the Madrid City Council), prepared with the hierarchical analysis technique.

Predictors of breast and cervical cancer screening in a Spanish metropolitan area.

Background: Gynecological cancers are an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Screening with mammography and Pap smear reduces breast and cervical cancer mortality. Neverthless, high participation rates are needed to ensure their effectiveness.

Relationship between tobacco consumption and health-related quality of life in adults living in a large metropolitan area.

The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and tobacco consumption in adult individuals (over the age of 15). The study was based on individual data from the City of Madrid Health Survey (ESCM05). Subjects were divided into three groups according to tobacco consumption: smokers, nonsmokers, and ex-smokers.

Coverage and predictors of influenza vaccination among adults living in a large metropolitan area in Spain: a comparison between the immigrant and indigenous populations.

This study sought to evaluate influenza vaccination coverage in Madrid (Spain). Coverages were estimated for vaccine target groups and special attention was placed on the immigrant population. Individual data from 7341 adults included in the Madrid City Health Survey conducted in 2005 was used.