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Is there a 'Scottish effect' for mortality? Prospective observational study of census linkage studies

Author(s) -

Frank Popham,

P. J. Boyle

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdr023

Subject(s) - observational study , census , linkage (software) , environmental health , medicine , public health , epidemiology , demography , geography , record linkage , population , sociology , biology , genetics , nursing , gene

Scotland's mortality rate is higher than England and Wales' and this difference cannot be explained by differences in area-level socio-economic deprivation. However, studies of this 'Scottish effect' have not adjusted for individual-level measures of socio-economic position nor accounted for country of birth; important as Scottish born living in England and Wales also have high mortality risk.

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