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Urban-rural mortality differentials: controlling for material deprivation.

M Senior1, H Williams, G Higgs

  • 1Department of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, UK. SeniorML@cf.ac.uk

Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|June 1, 2000
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Material deprivation significantly impacts premature mortality, with inequalities widest in cities and narrowest in rural areas. Controlling for socioeconomic factors reduces rural mortality advantages, revealing disease-specific urban-rural differences.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Sociology
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Premature mortality exhibits significant geographic disparities, particularly between urban and rural populations.
  • Material deprivation is a key determinant of health inequalities, but its interaction with geography requires further investigation.
  • Understanding these complex relationships is crucial for targeted public health interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between material deprivation and premature mortality in urban versus rural settings in Wales.
  • To identify residual mortality differences between urban and rural areas after accounting for socioeconomic factors.
  • To examine how these differences vary across different disease groups (all-causes, cancers, circulatory, and respiratory diseases).

Main Methods:

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  • Utilized 1990-1992 mortality data for 908 wards in Wales.
  • Employed statistical analyses, including tabular data and parametric Poisson regression models.
  • Categorized areas into six urban and rural types based on settlement size and rural employment structure.

Main Results:

  • Mortality inequalities were widest in cities and narrowest in rural areas, largely due to material deprivation distribution.
  • Controlling for socioeconomic characteristics and deprivation measures substantially reduced the mortality advantage in rural areas.
  • Residual mortality differences varied by disease group and deprivation measurement; no differences for cancers, but employment factors (e.g., coal mining) explained some variation for respiratory and circulatory diseases.

Conclusions:

  • The relationship between premature mortality and material deprivation differs significantly between urban and rural areas.
  • Socioeconomic factors and material deprivation are primary drivers of observed urban-rural mortality gradients.
  • Residual urban-rural mortality differences are disease-specific and influenced by factors like past employment, particularly in former mining communities.