Health Place. 2010 Mar;16(2):409-12. Epub 2009 Oct 23.

Comparing the effects of neighbourhood characteristics on all-cause mortality using two hierarchical areal units in the capital region of Helsinki.

Tarkiainen L, Martikainen P, Laaksonen M, Leyland AH.

Source

Population Research Unit, Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland. lasse.tarkiainen@helsinki.fi

Abstract

We examine how the choice of areal unit affects the estimation of neighbourhood effects on mortality using two different areal units. We used register data of 70,936 individuals aged 25-64 years residing in the capital region of Helsinki, Finland. Results from the multilevel Poisson regression show that the clustering of mortality was slightly stronger when using smaller area units. The differences disappear when account was taken of known individual-level characteristics of the residents. This was also the case for the effect of the proportion of manual workers in the area on mortality. Our results imply that the choice of area scale will not lead to serious underestimation of neighbourhood effects in mortality.

PMID:: 19897398; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Publication Types, MeSH Terms, Grant Support

Publication Types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH Terms

Grant Support

Medical Research Council/United Kingdom

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

Labome Researcher Resource - ExactAntigen/Labome

Supplemental Content

Save items

Related citations in PubMed

Effects of the characteristics of neighbourhoods and the characteristics of people on cause specific mortality: a register based follow up study of 252,000 men. [J Epidemiol Community Health. ...]
Effects of the characteristics of neighbourhoods and the characteristics of people on cause specific mortality: a register based follow up study of 252,000 men.
Martikainen P, Kauppinen TM, Valkonen T. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2003 Mar; 57(3):210-7.
The effects of regional characteristics on alcohol-related mortality-a register-based multilevel analysis of 1.1 million men. [Soc Sci Med. 2004]
The effects of regional characteristics on alcohol-related mortality-a register-based multilevel analysis of 1.1 million men.
Blomgren J, Martikainen P, Mäkelä P, Valkonen T. Soc Sci Med. 2004 Jun; 58(12):2523-35.
Neighbourhoods and self rated health: a comparison of public sector employees in London and Helsinki. [J Epidemiol Community Health. ...]
Neighbourhoods and self rated health: a comparison of public sector employees in London and Helsinki.
Stafford M, Martikainen P, Lahelma E, Marmot M. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2004 Sep; 58(9):772-8.
Review A brief conceptual tutorial on multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: interpreting neighbourhood differences and the effect of neighbourhood characteristics on individual health. [J Epidemiol Community Health. ...]
Review A brief conceptual tutorial on multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: interpreting neighbourhood differences and the effect of neighbourhood characteristics on individual health.
Merlo J, Chaix B, Yang M, Lynch J, Råstam L. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2005 Dec; 59(12):1022-8.
Review Multilevel analyses of neighbourhood socioeconomic context and health outcomes: a critical review. [J Epidemiol Community Health. ...]
Review Multilevel analyses of neighbourhood socioeconomic context and health outcomes: a critical review.
Pickett KE, Pearl M. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2001 Feb; 55(2):111-22.

See reviews... See all...

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

Comparing the effects of neighbourhood characteristics on all-cause mortality us...
Comparing the effects of neighbourhood characteristics on all-cause mortality using two hierarchical areal units in the capital region of Helsinki.
Health Place. 2010 Mar ;16(2):409-12. Epub 2009 Oct 23 .

PubMed
Functional and ecological impacts of horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes.
Functional and ecological impacts of horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes.
Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2009 Dec ;19(6):613-9. Epub 2009 Nov 10 .

PubMed
Tea catechins' affinity for human cannabinoid receptors.
Tea catechins' affinity for human cannabinoid receptors.
Phytomedicine. 2010 Jan ;17(1):19-22. Epub 2009 Nov 7 .

PubMed
Does early sexual debut reduce teenagers' participation in tertiary education? E...
Does early sexual debut reduce teenagers' participation in tertiary education? Evidence from the SHARE longitudinal study.
J Adolesc. 2010 Oct ;33(5):741-54. Epub 2009 Nov 7 .

PubMed
Headaches, delusions, and catharsis.
Headaches, delusions, and catharsis.
Lancet. 2009 Nov 7 ;374(9701):1652.

PubMed

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

PubMed

Result Filters

Display Settings:

Send to: