Measuring health-related social deprivation in small areas: development of an index and examination of its association with cancer mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The small-area deprivation indices are varied across countries due to different social context and data availability. Due to lack of chronic disease-related social deprivation index (SDI) in Hong Kong, China, this study aimed to develop a new SDI and examine its association with cancer mortality.

Methods

A total of 14 socio-economic variables of 154 large Tertiary Planning Unit groups (LTPUGs) in Hong Kong were obtained from 2016 population by-census. LTPUG-specific all-cause and chronic condition-related mortality and chronic condition inpatient episodes were calculated as health outcomes. Association of socio-economic variables with health outcomes was estimated for variable selection. Candidates for SDI were constructed with selected socio-economic variables an

SUBMITTER: Wang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8474923 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature