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2394583

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-10
pubmed:abstractText
A measure of deprivation has been devised using data from the 1981 Census about area characteristics which may be considered to reflect material deprivation, and a score is calculated for each postcode sector in Scotland. The routine data sources provide information for a range of health measures which are shown to be strongly linked to levels of deprivation, with specific causes--respiratory conditions, cancer of the lung and cancer of the cervix--exhibiting very considerable differentials in respect of both mortality and cancer morbidity. Nevertheless not all causes exhibit this positive association. This area-based measure provides a valuable tool for the analysis of health data in relation to socio-economic circumstances which overcomes many of the limitations which arise in the use of the more traditional measure of social class. Like social class however it depends on data from the census which are available only at ten-yearly intervals. Other existing data sources are suggested which could possibly provide relevant information on area characteristics and populations for inter-censal years.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0374-8014
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
162-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Deprivation and health in Scotland.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Community Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Medical School.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't