Titre :
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Temperature, housing, deprivation and their relationship to excess winter mortality in Great Britain, 1986-1996. (2001)
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Auteurs :
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Paul AYLIN ;
Paul ELLIOTT ;
A.N.A. GROSSINHO ;
Lars JARUP ;
Sara MORRIS ;
J.O.N. WAKEFIELD ;
Small Area Health Statistics Unit. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. Imperial College School of Medicine. London. GBR
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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International journal of epidemiology (vol. 30, n° 5, 2001)
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Pagination :
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1100-1108
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Mortalité
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Température
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Saison
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Pauvreté
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Domicile
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Epidémiologie
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Facteur risque
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Personne âgée
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Homme
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Grande Bretagne
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Royaume Uni
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Europe
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xeS4jN. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives To examine the associations between temperature, housing, deprivation and excess winter mortality using census variables as proxies for housing conditions. Design Small area ecological study at electoral ward level. Setting Great Britain between 1986 and 1996. Participants Men and women aged 65 and over. Main Deaths from all causes (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision outcome [ICD-9] codes 0-999), coronary heart disease (ICD-9 410-414), stroke (ICD-9 measures 430-438) and respiratory diseases (ICD-9 460-519). Odds of death occurring in winter period of the four months December to March compared to the rest of the year. Results During the study period (excluding the influenza epidemic year of 1989/90), a total of 1 682 687 deaths occurred in winter and 2 825 223 deaths occurred during the rest of the year among people aged>=65 (around 30 000 excess winter deaths per year). A trend of higher excess winter mortality with age was apparent across all disease categories (P
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