An exploratory spatial data analysis approach to understanding the relationship between deprivation and mortality in Scotland

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1942-1952

  Sridharan, Sanjeev ^a   Tunstall, Helena ^b   Lawder, Richard ^c   Mitchell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c ISD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Exploratory spatial data analysis; Mortality rates; Scotland; Scottish effect; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34848842147     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.052     Document Type: Article

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