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Indices of socio-economic deprivation are often used as a proxy for differences in the health behaviours of populations within small areas, but these indices are a measure of the economic environment rather than the health environment. Sets of synthetic estimates of the ward-level prevalence of low fruit and vegetable consumption, obesity, raised blood pressure, raised cholesterol and smoking were combined to develop an index of unhealthy lifestyle. Multi-level regression models showed that this index described about 50% of the large-scale geographic variation in CHD mortality rates in England, and substantially adds to the ability of an index of deprivation to explain geographic variations in CHD mortality rates.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.007

Type

Journal article

Journal

Health Place

Publication Date

03/2011

Volume

17

Pages

691 - 695

Keywords

Adult, Coronary Disease, Diet, England, Female, Humans, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Life Style, Male, Obesity, Poverty Areas, Prevalence, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Small-Area Analysis, Smoking