Distribution of optometric practices relative to deprivation index in Scotland

Distribution of GPs in Scotland by age, gender and deprivation.

General practice in the UK is widely reported to be in crisis, with particular concerns about recruitment and retention of family doctors. This study assessed the distribution of GPs in Scotland by age, gender and deprivation, using routinely available data. We found that there are more GPs (and fewer patients per GP) in the least deprived deciles than there are in the most deprived deciles. Fu...

An Inter-temporal Relative Deprivation Index

Dying younger in Scotland: Trends in mortality and deprivation relative to England and Wales, 1981-2011.

Given previous evidence that not all Scotland's higher mortality compared to England & Wales (E&W) can be explained by deprivation, the aim was to enhance understanding of this excess by analysing changes in deprivation and mortality in Scotland and E&W between 1981 and 2011. Mortality was compared by means of direct standardisation and log-linear Poisson regression models, adjusting for age, s...

Deprivation and health in Scotland.

A measure of deprivation has been devised using data from the 1981 Census about area characteristics which may be considered to reflect material deprivation, and a score is calculated for each postcode sector in Scotland. The routine data sources provide information for a range of health measures which are shown to be strongly linked to levels of deprivation, with specific causes--respiratory c...

Distribution of physical activity facilities in Scotland by small area measures of deprivation and urbanicity

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the distribution of physical activity facilities by area-level deprivation in Scotland, adjusting for differences in urbanicity, and exploring differences between and within the four largest Scottish cities. METHODS We obtained a list of all recreational physical activity facilities in Scotland. These were mapped and assigned to datazones. Poiss...