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Table 2 Difference in health and socio-economic measures between local authorities (LA) with and without the intervention

From: A spatial equity analysis of a public health intervention: a case study of an outdoor walking group provider within local authorities in England

 

Unit

LA No provision

LA provision

p-value*

Odds ratioa (95 % CI)

n = 128

n = 198

Mean value (95 % CI)

Mean value (95 % CI)

1. Measure of health need

     

Above age 65

%

16.22 (15.52 to 16.92)

18.22 (17.67 to 18.77)

<0.001

1.14 (1.07 to 1.2)

Physically inactive

%

28.06 (27.19 to 28.93)

27.69 (27.14 to 28.23)

0.45

0.980 (0.93 to 1.03)

Standardised mortality ratio

Ratio

98.67 (96.14 to 101.2)

96.78 (95.05 to 98.97)

0.21

0.99 (0.97 to 1.01)

Inequality in life expectancy SII (males)

Years

8.06 (7.54 to 8.58)

7.34 (6.98 to 7.97)

0.04

0.924 (0.86 to 0.99)

Inequality in life expectancy SII (females)

Years

5.59 (5.15 to 6.03)

5.35 (5.0 to 5.7)

0.40

0.962 (0.88 to 1.05)

Limiting long term illness or disability

%

17.08 (16.51 to 17.65)

18.03 (17.6 to 18.5)

0.01

1.101 (1.02 to 1.18)

Bad and very bad health

%

5.25 (5.00 to 5.50)

5.28 (5.09 to 5.46)

0.87

1.013 (0.86 to 1.19)

Chronic and poorly managed disease COPD

Ratio

102.16 (94.33 to 109.98)

88.03 (82.91 to 93.16)

0.002

0.991 (0.986 to 0.997)

Chronic and poorly managed disease CHD

Ratio

100.40 (96.10 to 104.72)

95.12 (92.17 to 98.07)

0.04

0.990 (0.98 to 1.00)

Excess weight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)

%

64.27 (63.31 to 65.23)

64.30 (63.59 to 65.02)

0.95

1.001 (0.96 to 1.04)

2. Socio-economic measures

     

Index of multiple deprivation

Average score

20.59 (18.91 to 22.26)

18.23 (17.18 to 19.27)

0.01

0.967 (0.94 to 0.99)

Income domain IMD

%

13.86 (12.75 to 14.97)

12.45 (11.78 to 13.11)

0.02

0.954 (0.92 to 0.99)

Income deprivation older people

%

18.40 (16.98 to 19.83)

16.21 (15.41 to 17.02)

0.01

0.954 (0.92 to 0.99)

Pensioners living alone

%

31.97 (31.30 to 32.64)

30.77 (30.30 to 31.24)

0.003

0.910 (0.85 to 0.97)

Non-white

%

14.78 (12.2 to 17.37)

8.02 (6.52 to 9.53)

<0.001

0.958 (0.94 to 0.98)

  1. Abbreviations: SII Slope index of inequality, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CHD Coronary heart disease, IMD Index of multiple deprivation
  2. *Based on analysis of variance to test the difference in means
  3. aAn odds ratio generated using binary logistic regression