ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2002
Socioeconomic status of very small areas and stroke incidence in the Netherlands.
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- Regional variance in socioeconomic status among Dutch intensive care units: a nationwide cohort study of 588,568 ICU admissions.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Non-compensatory aggregation method to measure social and material deprivation in an urban area: relationship with premature mortality.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2020Article
- Living standard is related to microregional differences in stroke characteristics in Central Europe: the Budapest Districts 8-12 Project.International journal of public health · 2015Article
- Impact of neighborhood socioeconomic conditions on the risk of stroke in Japan.Journal of epidemiology · 2015Article
- Community income and surgical rates in the Netherlands.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2003Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine whether characteristics of very small living areas can be used to predict disease incidence and to use these characteristics to assess socioeconomic differences in stroke incidence in the Netherlands.
designCharacteristics of postcode areas of stroke patients are compared with characteristics of postcode areas of all individual people in the study region, using Poisson regression analysis.
settingSix provinces of the Netherlands, covering about half of the country. PATIENTS: 760 patients who in 1991 or 1992 were consecutively admitted because of stroke to 23 Dutch hospitals. MAIN
resultsStroke incidence is significantly higher among people living in postcode areas with below average socioeconomic status (relative risk=1.27; 95% confidence intervals 1.08 to 1.51) and among people living in postcode areas with predominantly older inhabitants (RR=3.17; 95% CI=2.29 to 4.39). It is also significantly increased in more urbanised areas compared with the countryside, the highest incidence being found in the large cities (RR=1.78; 95% CI=1.31 to 2.44).
conclusionsA clear socioeconomic gradient in stroke incidence in the Netherlands is observed, with people living in detailed postcode areas with below average socioeconomic status experiencing a significantly higher risk of stroke. The analysis also confirms that characteristics of detailed postcode areas can effectively be used to differentiate between areas with and areas without stroke patients.
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