A neighbourhood level mortality classification of England and Wales, 2006-2009

Health and Place

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 196-204

  Green, Mark A ^a   Vickers, Daniel ^b   Dorling, Danny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Cluster analysis; Demography; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MORTALITY; TRENDS; WALES;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MORTALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALES;

EID: 84907964999     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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