POVERTY

ARTICLE - Comparison between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001: spatial analysis of consensus and mortality statistics (10th September 2009)
The objective of this study was:

• To examine the geographical relation between mortality and deprivation in England and Wales at the start of the 20th and 21st centuries.
• To explore the evidence for a strengthening or weakening of this relation over the century and test for relations between the mortality and deprivation patterns of a century ago and modern mortality and causes of death

The results show that there was no evidence of a significant change in the strength of the relation between deprivation and mortality between the start and end of the 20th century. Despite all the medical, public health, social, economic and political changes over the 20th century, patterns of poverty and mortality and the relations between them remain firmly entrenched.
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