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The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between mortality rates in persons of both sexes and in various age groups and environmental indices, available for the 83 County Boroughs of England and Wales. The mortality rates are for the periods 1948-54, 1958-64, 1950-53, and 1965-67.

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Variables Mortality (for deaths from all causes and for certain specific causes), live births, stillbirths, infant mortality rates. Demographic: per cent by age groups, population density by area. Household: amenities, tenure, rateable values, population density (persons per room). Meteorological: temperature, sunshine, rainfall. Per capita retail sales, unemployment, male employment, local authority expenditure. Water hardness, air purity, smoking habits. Measurements of population density, social class, overcrowding and education were made based on the article in <i>Brit. J. Prev Soc Med</i> 1959, 13, 14. by C Daly.

No sampling (total universe)

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