Deprivation and excess winter mortality

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 499-502

  Shah, Sunil ^a   Peacock, Janet ^b  

^a Croydon Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POVERTY; SEASONALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

CROYDON; LONDON; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032766691     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.8.499     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Curwen M. Excess winter mortality: a British phenomenon. Health Trends 1990/91;22:169-75.
2. Sakamoto-Momiyama M. Changes in the seasonality of human mortality: a medico-geographical study. Soc Sci Med 1978;22:29-42.
3. Mackenbach JP, Kunst AE, Looman CWN. Seasonal variation in mortality in The Netherlands. J Epidemiol Community Health 1992;46:261-5.
4. Curwen M, Devis T. Winter mortality, temperature and influenza: has the relationship changed in recent years? Popul Trends 1988;54:17-20.
5. Alderson MR. Season and mortality. Health Trends 1985;17:87-95.
6. McKee CM. Deaths in winter in Northern Ireland: the role of low temperature. Ulster Med J 1990;59:17-22.
7. Bull GM, Morton J. Environment, temperature and death rates. Age Ageing 1988;7:210-24.
8. Department of Health. Our Healthier Nation. A Contract for Health. London: Department of Health, 1998.
9. Department of Health. Variations in health: What can the Department of Health and the NHS do? London: Department of Health, 1995.
10. Watt GCM. Health implications of putting value added tax on fuel. BMJ 1994;309:1030-1.
11. Lowry S. Temperature and humidity. BMJ 1989;299:1326-8.
12. Independent inquiry into inequalities in health. London: Stationery Office, 1998.
13. McKee, CM. Deaths in winter: can Britain learn from Europe. Eur J Epidemiol 1989;5:178-82.
14. McDowall M. Long term trends in seasonal mortality. Popul Trends 1981;26:16-19.
15. Eurowinter Group. Cold exposure and winter mortality from ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, respiratory disease and all causes in warn and cold regions of Europe. Lancet 1997;349:1341-6.
16. Keatinge WR. Seasonal mortality among elderly people with unrestricted home heating. BMJ 1986;293:732-3.
17. Townsend P, Phillimore P, Beattie A. Health and deprivation. Appendix 2. London: Routledge, 1988.
18. Williams ES, Scott CM, Scott SM. Using mortality data to describe geographic variations in health status at subdistrict level. Public Health 1995;109:67-73.
19. Breslow NE, Day NE. Statistical methods in cancer research. Volume II-The design and analysis of cohort studies. Lyon: IARC, 1987.
20. Muir C, Waterhouse J, Mack T, et al. Cancer incidence in five continents. London: IARC, 1988.
21. Bland M. An introduction to medical statistics. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford Medical Publications, 1995.
22. Phillimore P, Beattie A, Townsend P. Widening inequality of health in Northern England, 1981-1991. BMJ 1994;307:1125-8.
23. Bond J. The living arrangements of elderly people. In: Bond J, Coleman P, Peace S, eds. Ageing in society. London: Sage, 1993.
24. MacRae K. Socio-economic deprivation in Britain: Commentaries. BMJ 1994;309:1478-9.
25. Mackenbach JP, Looman CWN, Kunst AE. Air pollution, lagged effects of temperature, and mortality: The Netherlands 1979-87. J Epidemiology Community Health 1993;4:121-6.
26. Donaldson GC, Tchernjavskii VE, Ermakov SP, et al. Winter mortality and cold stress in Yekaterinburg, Russia: interview study. BMJ 1998;316:514-18.