Why is mortality higher in Scotland than in England and Wales? Decreasing influence of socioeconomic deprivation between 1981 and 2001 supports the existence of a 'Scottish Effect'

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-204

  Hanlon, Phil ^a,d   Lawder, Richard S ^b   Buchanan, Duncan ^b   Redpath, Adam ^b   Walsh, David ^c   Wood, Rachael ^b   Bain, Marion ^b   Brewster, David H ^b   Chalmers, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Public Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Inequalities in health; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY AREAS; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WALES;

EID: 21644447364     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdi002     Document Type: Article

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