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Ecological association between a deprivation index and mortality in France over the period 1997 – 2001: variations with spatial scale, degree of urbanicity, age, gender and cause of death
BMC Public Health · 2009 · Vol. 9(1) · pp. 33–33
Grégoire Rey✉(Centre d'Épidémiologie sur les Causes Médicales de Décès)Éric Jougla(Inserm)Anne Fouillet(Institut de Veille Sanitaire)Denis Hémon(Université Paris-Sud)
Abstract
The deprivation index proposed reflects a major part of spatial socioeconomic heterogeneity, in a homogeneous manner over the whole country. The index may be routinely used by healthcare authorities to observe, analyse, and manage spatial health inequalities.
Health disparities and outcomesGlobal Health Care IssuesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeDemographyMedicineEcological studySocioeconomic statusPublic healthStandardized mortality ratioBiostatisticsEpidemiologyTownsendIndex (typography)
MeSH terms
AdultAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overCause of DeathFemaleFranceHealth Status IndicatorsHealth SurveysHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortalitySex FactorsSocioeconomic Factors
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
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