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Study title

MRC 83 County Boroughs Study, 1948-1973

Creator

Medical Research Council, Social Medicine Unit

Study number / PID

114 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-114-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between mortality rates in persons of both sexes and in various age groups and environmental indices, available for the 83 County Boroughs of England and Wales. The mortality rates are for the periods 1948-54, 1958-64, 1950-53, and 1965-67.
Main Topics:

Variables
Mortality (for deaths from all causes and for certain specific causes), live births, stillbirths, infant mortality rates. Demographic: per cent by age groups, population density by area. Household: amenities, tenure, rateable values, population density (persons per room).
Meteorological: temperature, sunshine, rainfall.
Per capita retail sales, unemployment, male employment, local authority expenditure.
Water hardness, air purity, smoking habits.
Measurements of population density, social class, overcrowding and education were made based on the article in <i>Brit. J. Prev Soc Med</i> 1959, 13, 14. by C Daly.

Topics

Morbidity and mortalityCensuses

Keywords

ACCIDENTSAGEAGE GROUPSAIR POLLUTIONATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURECANCERCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASESCAUSES OF DEATHCLASS SIZECOALCONSUMPTIONBEREAVEMENT
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Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

England and Wales

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Administrative units (geographical/political)
National
Demographic data
Local authorities
Meteorological data
Mortality rates

Universe

83 county boroughs of England and Wales

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1976

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

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Related publications

  • Gardner, M., Crawford, M. and Morris, J. (1968) 'Mortality and hardness of local water-supplies', The Lancet, 827-831
  • Gardner, M., Morris, J. and Crawford, M. (1969) 'Patterns of mortality in middle and early age in the county boroughs of England and Wales', British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine, 133-140
  • Crawford, M., Morris, J. and Gardner, M. (1971) 'Changes in water hardness and local death rates', The Lancet, 327-329
  • Gardner, M. (1973) 'Using the environment to explain and predict mortality', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society&lt;/i&gt;, Series A, 421-440
  • Sedgwick, P., Gardner, M. and Crawford, M. (1972) 'Infant mortality and hardness of local water supplies', The Lancet, 988-992