Neighbourhood deprivation and excess coronary heart disease mortality and hospital admissions in Plymouth, UK: an ecological study.

Background: Among primary coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors, certain socioeconomic characteristics of individuals and living environments appear to play a central role. The objective of this study was to assess the burden of neighbourhood deprivation-associated excess in mortality and hospital admission from CHD in Plymouth.

Methods: A small area ecological study using indices of neighbourhood deprivation and coronary heart disease mortality and hospital admission data aggregated for 1991-2003 for CHD mortality and for 1997-2004 for CHD hospital admission.

Neighborhood deprivation and preterm birth in Plymouth, UK.

Objective: To assess the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and the preterm birth rate in Plymouth, UK, using routinely collected data from a clinical information system.

Methods: We used a clinic-based prospective case register study of all births in Plymouth UK between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997 combined with indices of neighborhood deprivation to assess the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and the preterm birth rate. Areas (n = 43) were classified according to the Townsend index, measuring material deprivation.

Gestational diabetes mellitus in Plymouth, U.K.: prevalence, seasonal variation and associated factors.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of and associated factors in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and its seasonal variation.

Study Design: A clinic-based, prospective, case register study was conducted from January 1996 to December 1997. A total of 4,942 consecutive Caucasian, pregnant women aged 15-46 years,free of a history of diabetes mellitus, underwent random plasma glucose screening and a 75-g, 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test in Plymouth, U.