Open AccessSocio-demographic diversity and unexplained variation in death rates among the most deprived parliamentary constituencies in Britain
Author(s) -
Helena Tunstall,
Richard Mitchell,
Julia Gibbs,
Stephen Platt,
Danny Dorling
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/fdr078
Subject(s) - decile , demography , population , mortality rate , ethnic group , geography , medicine , statistics , sociology , mathematics , anthropology
There is considerable unexplained variation in death rates between deprived areas of Britain. This analysis assesses the degree of variation in socio-demographic factors among deprivation deciles and how variables associated with deaths differ among the most deprived areas.
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