caa a22 4500 397576900 CHVBK 20180308164858.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199603 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024467 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024467 Industrial atmospheric pollution, historical land use patterns and mortality [Elektronische Daten] [Peter Sainsbury, Ruth Hussey, John Ashton, Bolwell Andrews] Background The measurement of atmospheric pollution for epidemiological studies is problematic. This study presents a new proxy measure of atmospheric pollution of industrial origin and uses it to determine, at electoral ward level, the relationship between atmospheric pollution and all-cause mortality. Methods All-cause Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMR), all ages, and for persons under 65 years for the period 1984-1988, proportions of land in each ward utilized by industrial works (the proxy for atmospheric pollution) and levels of socioeconomic deprivation of the ward residents were compared in 104 electoral wards. Results The all-age SMR in the 22 wards containing the largest proportions of industrial land (113) was 9⋅7 per cent higher than the SMR (103) in the 60 wards with no industrial land. The under 65 years SMR in the 22 highly industrialized wards (120) was 22⋅4 per cent higher than the SMR (98) in the wards with no industrial land. After matching the levels of deprivation, the all-age SMR in the 15 wards containing over 10 per cent industrial land (116) was significantly higher than the SMR in 15 wards containing no industrial land (108); corresponding figures for the under 65 years SMR were 135 and 118. Conclusions A greater proportion of industrial land in a ward is associated with a higher mortality of the ward residents, even after controlling for the level of socioeconomic deprivation of the residents. The association between deprivation and mortality is stronger than the association between atmospheric pollution and mortality. There is an urgent need for better measures of atmospheric pollution which are usable in epidemiological studies. © Oxford University Press Articles nationallicence industrial atmospheric pollution nationallicence mortality nationallicence socioeconomic deprivation nationallicence Sainsbury Peter Department of Public Health, University of Sydney N.S.W. 2006, Australia aut Hussey Ruth Liverpool Health Authorities Hamilton House, 24 Pall Mall, Liverpool L3 6AL aut Ashton John North West Regional Health Authority 930-932 Birchwood Boulevard, Millennium Park, Birchwood, Warrington WA3 7QN aut Andrews Bolwell Ratcheugh Crag Cottage and Observatory Longhoughton, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 3AD aut Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 18/1(1996-03), 87-93 1741-3842 18:1<87 1996 18 pubmed https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024467 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024467 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sainsbury Peter Department of Public Health, University of Sydney N.S.W. 2006, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hussey Ruth Liverpool Health Authorities Hamilton House, 24 Pall Mall, Liverpool L3 6AL aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ashton John North West Regional Health Authority 930-932 Birchwood Boulevard, Millennium Park, Birchwood, Warrington WA3 7QN aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Andrews Bolwell Ratcheugh Crag Cottage and Observatory Longhoughton, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 3AD aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 18/1(1996-03), 87-93 1741-3842 18:1<87 1996 18 pubmed Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford