Despite increasing recognition in economically developed countries of the importance of
addressing health inequalities, there has been a nearly universal failure to consider equality …

Relative deprivation was defined by Townsend (1987, p. 125) as “a state of observable and
demonstrable disadvantage, relative to the local community or the wider society or nation to …

Integrating public health and medicine to address social determinants of health is essential
to achieving the Triple Aim of lower costs, improved care, and population health. There is …

Social scientists regularly rely on population estimates when studying change in small areas
over time. Census tract data in the United States are a prime example, as there are …

Automated zone-design methods are increasingly being used to create zoning systems for a
range of purposes, such as the release of census statistics or the investigation of …

Although there is strong evidence that segregation on socioeconomic lines has risen in
many countries over the last few decades, comparatively little is known about the processes …

In the international literature, many studies find strong relationships between area-based
measures of deprivation and mortality. In the UK, mortality rates have generally fallen in …

A common approach for measuring geographical inequalities in health has been to
calculate deprivation scores for small areas and then to aggregate these into quintiles …

Objectives To compare the mortality in those previously hospitalised for mental disorder in
Scotland to that experienced by the general population. Design Population-based historical …

Background: Suicide rose dramatically among young adults in Scotland between 1980–
1982 and 1999–2001, especially among those living in deprived areas. Objective: To …