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Comparisons between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001
— spatial analysis of census and mortality statistics | | Author(s) | Ian N Gregory |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 339, no 7722, 19 September 2009 |
| Pages | pp 676-679 |
| Source | www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Death rate [statistics] ; Poverty ; Population statistics ; Local ; Regional ; Comparison ; England ; Wales. |
| Annotation | The geographical relation between mortality and deprivation in England and Wales at the start of the 20th and 21 centuries is examined. The evidence for a strengthening or weakening of this relation over the century, and the relation between the mortality and deprivation patterns of a century ago and modern mortality and causes of death are also explored. Census and mortality data for 634 districts from the 1900s were directly compared with interpolated ward level data from 2001. There was no evidence of a significant change in the strength of the relation between mortality and deprivation between the start and end of the 20th century. Modern patterns of mortality and deprivation remain closely related to the patterns of a century ago. Even after adjustment for modern deprivation, standardised mortality ratios for the 1900s show a significant correlation with modern mortality and most causes of death. Conversely, however, there was no significant relation between derivation in the 1900s and modern mortality for most causes of death after adjustment for modern deprivation. Despite all the medical, public health, social, economic and political changes over the 20th century, patterns of poverty and mortality and the relations between these remain firmly entrenched. There is a strong relation between the mortality levels of a century ago and those of today. This goes beyond what would have been expected from the continuing relation between deprivation and mortality, and holds true for most major modern causes of death. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091109205 A |
| Classmark | S5: W6: S4: 5CT: 5CP: 48: 82: 9 * |
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