Open AccessUrban–Rural Inequalities in Ischemic Heart Disease in Scotland, 1981–1999
Author(s) -
Kate Levin,
Alastair H. Leyland
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.051193
Subject(s) - rurality , relative risk , medicine , demography , rural area , population , socioeconomic status , rate ratio , confidence interval , mortality rate , poisson regression , environmental health , geography , surgery , sociology , pathology
We sought to describe the pattern and magnitude of urban-rural variation in ischemic heart disease (IHD) in Scotland and to examine the associations among IHD health indicators, level of rurality, and degree of socioeconomic deprivation.
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