Are cities becoming more unhealthy? An analysis of mortality rates in Belfast and Dublin between 1981 and 1991 to illustrate a methodological difficulty with ecological studies
Are cities becoming more unhealthy? An analysis of mortality rates in Belfast and Dublin between 1981 and 1991 to illustrate a methodological difficulty with ecological studies
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DOI：
10.1136/jech.55.5.354
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发表时间：
2001-05-01
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Kelly, A
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作者：
O'Reilly, D;Browne, S;Kelly, A
方法每个国家分为三个区域：首都、腹地和该国其他地区。对于爱尔兰南部，前两个分别是都柏林市自治市（嵌套在都柏林县内）和都柏林县的其余部分。北方爱尔兰的相应划分是贝尔法斯特市（由贝尔法斯特地方当局边界定义）和贝尔法斯特腹地，由与贝尔法斯特相邻的五个地方政府区合并而成。汤森指数用于评估北部地区的相对贫困状况，南部地区则采用小地区卫生研究单位指数4。
MethodsEach country was divided into three areas; capital city, hinterland and the rest of the country. For the South of Ireland the first two of these were respectively Dublin City Borough (which is nested within Dublin County) and the remainder of Dublin County. The equivalent divisions for Northern Ireland were Belfast City (defined by the Belfast Local Authority boundary) and the Belfast hinterland, formed by banding together the five local government districts contiguous with Belfast. The Townsend index was used to assess the relative deprivation of the areas in the North and the SAHRU (Small Area Health Research Unit) index 4 was used in the South.