Do ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in mortality vary by region in New Zealand? An application of hierarchical Bayesian modelling

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1252-1260

  Richardson, Ken ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a   Young, Jim ^b   Graham, Patrick ^b   Tobias, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Hierarchical Bayesian; Income; Inequalities; Mortality; New Zealand; Region

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INCOME; MORTALITY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN AREA;

BAYES THEOREM; CENSUSES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 70349306546     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.036     Document Type: Article

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