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INFANT MORTALITY IN SOCIOECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGED AND DISADVANTAGED AREAS OF BRISBANE

INFANT MORTALITY IN SOCIOECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGED AND DISADVANTAGED AREAS OF BRISBANE

Authors :
Siskind, V.
Najman, J.M.
Copeman, R.
Source :
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; February 1987, Vol. 11 Issue: 1 p24-30, 7p
Publication Year :
1987

Abstract

Problems in defining social class and its relationship to health are discussed and the results of a study of infant mortality from 1976 to 1979 in socioeconomically ranked suburbs of Brisbane are presented. The ranking is according to a score developed from aggregate suburb data gathered at the 1976 and 1981 censuses; the population at risk was ascertained from published annual suburb birth figures, and numbers of death by suburb, age and cause, from computerised mortality files. Significantly higher mortality rates in lower ranking suburbs were observed. Possible explanations for, and implications of, the findings are discussed.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13260200 and 17536405
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs62812730
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.1987.tb00127.x