Measuring health-related social deprivation in small areas: development of an index and examination of its association with cancer mortality

• Main Authors: Kailu Wang (Author), Chi-Kin Law (Author), Jiaying Zhao (Author), Alvin Yik-Kiu Hui (Author), Benjamin Hon-Kei Yip (Author), Eng Kiong Yeoh (Author), Roger Yat-Nork Chung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The small-area deprivation indices are varied across countries due to different social context and data availability. Due to lack of chronic disease-related social deprivation index (SDI) in Hong Kong, China, this study aimed to develop a new SDI and examine its association with...