Rising premature mortality in the UK's persistently deprived areas: Only a Scottish phenomenon?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1575-1584

  Norman, Paul ^a   Boyle, Paul ^b   Exeter, Daniel ^c   Feng, Zhiqiang ^b   Popham, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deprivation (im)mobility; Glasgow; Persistent deprivation; Population residualisation; Premature mortality; Scotland; UK

Indexed keywords

LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSISTENTLY DEPRIVED AREA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; POVERTY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; POVERTY AREAS; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81055157598     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.09.034     Document Type: Article

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