Impact of scale of aggregation on associations of cardiovascular hospitalization and socio-economic disadvantage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are numerous studies that show an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease with increasing levels of socio-economic disadvantage. Exposures that might influence the relationship include elements of the built environment and social systems that shape lifestyle risk behaviors. In Canberra (the Australian capital city) there has been a particular housing policy to create 'mixed-tenure' neighborhoods so that small pockets of disadvantage are surrounded by more affluent residences (known as a 'salt-and-pepper' pattern). This may contribute to a scatter of higher incidence rates in very small areas in this population that may be obscured if aggregated data are used. This study explored the effect of changing the scale of the spatial units used in small area disease

SUBMITTER: Hanigan IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5705072 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature