Oxford city council has published both summary findings and a detailed report on the updated deprivation statistics. The report notes that although the majority of Oxford LSOAs are in the least deprived half of the 2015 Indices there is still a “significant proportion” of areas in the most deprived 30% nationally[…]
Read More »“Six steps charities can follow to master data to boost funding” This is an article in Third Sector magazine, a publication for the UK’s voluntary and not-for-profit sector. Among the valuable insights is this gem on use of open data: “There are plenty of open data sources which can enrich your own[…]
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DataRich, a public data and analysis site for Richmond-upon-Thames, published this briefing note using the updated Indices statistics. The short report is an interesting example of how areas like Richmond-upon-Thames that are relatively less deprived than most can still make use of the Indices by identifying local changes in relative deprivation or[…]
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This 2006 report by DEFRA found inequalities in air quality based on IMD score for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with deprived areas in these countries having higher concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter and sulphur dioxide. However it noted that for nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter the distribution was[…]
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This is a famous review of health inequalities published in 2010 and headed by Sir Michael Marmot. It found life expectancy, and in particular, healthy life expectancy correlates strongly with deprivation. The graph showing this inequality is sometimes called the ‘Marmot curve’: The review estimated the cost of health inequalities[…]
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Nottingham city council created comprehensive online area profiles through a collaborative effort with partner organisations like the local NHS and police. This includes a powerful online mapping tool which features a plethora of statistics on demographics, crime, economy and deprivation (IMD score) at ward level as well as mapping features from streetlights to youth centres and[…]
Read More »Here’s a great example of how local authorities can use the IMD to target programmes more efficiently: Sheffield’s ‘Activity Sheffield’ programme provides free sport and activity sessions for people around the city. The programme’s ‘core team’ focuses on the key age groups of 8 to 16 year olds and those[…]
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SHAPE (Strategic Health Asset Planning and Evaluation) is: “a web enabled, evidence based application which informs and supports the strategic planning of services and physical assets across a whole health economy.” or in other words, an online mapping tool freely provided by Public Health England for Local Authorities and health[…]
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Here’s a study from the Journal of Preventive Medicine looking at inequalities in registration for and use of ‘boris bikes’ in London. F. Ogilvie and A. Goodman found that those living in income-deprived areas in London were overall less likely to register for the bike scheme and that users were more likely[…]
Read More »This is a study of consumer satisfaction with retail diversity that looked at consumer perceptions of store choice in their area. The authors found that people who live in deprived areas tended to be more satisfied with any given mix of shops than less deprived consumers, which might suggest that[…]
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Birmingham is a city that frequently crops up when searching for mentions of deprivation – a large, dense city with many pockets of extreme poverty and disadvantage. Like many cities with significant levels of deprivation, local authority policy tends to be quite conscious of this. An interesting example I stumbled[…]
Read More »A pilot study in the Royal Naval Medical Service journal found that Army recruits tend to have worse teeth than Navy recruits, and that RAF recruits have the best teeth of the three services. In fact RAF recruits had on average more than half the tooth decay of Army recruits.[…]
Read More »Public Health England analysed child poverty by deprivation by comparing the Indices of Multiple Deprivation with data from the (slightly ominous sounding) ‘National Child Measurement Programme’. They argued there was a strong, “almost linear relationship” between child obesity and the decile of deprivation for the area they live in. This finding was[…]
Read More »The Prince’s Trust is one of the UK’s largest charities, and spent over £52m through its charitable activities last year according to the government charities register. It’s focused on youth unemployment and poverty, targeting unemployed 13-30 year olds and those at risk of exclusion. It supports different projects and schemes[…]
Read More »The challenge of Britain’s aging population has been a recurrent issue in the media for the past few years. Recently the average UK age hit 40 and for the first time ever there are now more over 65s than under 16s in the country. Within this statistic the proportion of[…]
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