Where the poor die in a rich city: the case of Oxford
Research to date has established that there is a relationship between high mortality rates and area deprivation in Britain. However, the majority of this research has looked at the regional level and the few studies that have looked at a smaller area level have tended to focus on London or the North...
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1999
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| description | Research to date has established that there is a relationship between high mortality rates and area deprivation in Britain. However, the majority of this research has looked at the regional level and the few studies that have looked at a smaller area level have tended to focus on London or the North. At a national level a relationship between housing tenure and mortality has also been found. This paper considers the relationship between mortality and place and in particular housing, at ward level in a city in the South East of England. It is found that, in Oxford, there is no straightforward relationship between housing tenure and mortality rates. Rather, it is pockets of poverty within Oxford, expressed in different types of housing, that are associated with high mortality rates. Whilst the very poorest live in the worst quality and least preferred housing, the extent of this relationship is likely to differ in different areas, according to the historical and current patterns of housing provision. A method of identifying such areas nationally is needed, as a reliance on national studies, particular those on tenure, is likely to obscure the true picture and extent of geographical inequalities in health. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:1281e312-a6dd-4304-8700-ca1c9ad108222023-08-10T17:32:31ZWhere the poor die in a rich city: the case of OxfordJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:1281e312-a6dd-4304-8700-ca1c9ad10822EnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier1999Brimblecombe, NDorling, DShaw, MResearch to date has established that there is a relationship between high mortality rates and area deprivation in Britain. However, the majority of this research has looked at the regional level and the few studies that have looked at a smaller area level have tended to focus on London or the North. At a national level a relationship between housing tenure and mortality has also been found. This paper considers the relationship between mortality and place and in particular housing, at ward level in a city in the South East of England. It is found that, in Oxford, there is no straightforward relationship between housing tenure and mortality rates. Rather, it is pockets of poverty within Oxford, expressed in different types of housing, that are associated with high mortality rates. Whilst the very poorest live in the worst quality and least preferred housing, the extent of this relationship is likely to differ in different areas, according to the historical and current patterns of housing provision. A method of identifying such areas nationally is needed, as a reliance on national studies, particular those on tenure, is likely to obscure the true picture and extent of geographical inequalities in health. |
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