Despite the promise of geocoding and use of area-based socioeconomic measures to
overcome the paucity of socioeconomic data in US public health surveillance systems, no …

Use of multilevel frameworks and area-based socioeconomic measures (ABSMs) for public
health monitoring can potentially overcome the absence of socioeconomic data in most US …

Objectives. We describe a method to facilitate routine monitoring of socioeconomic health
disparities in the United States. Methods. We analyzed geocoded public health surveillance …

Background: Area socioeconomic deprivation indices are widely used to monitor health
disparities in Europe. However, such indices have not been used in cancer surveillance in …

Objectives. To determine which area-based socioeconomic measures, at which level of
geography, are suitable for monitoring socioeconomic inequalities in sexually transmitted …

This monograph presents one of the most comprehensive analyses yet on socioeconomic
patterns in cancer incidence and outcomes in the United States. The extensive amount of …

Investigators of social differentials in health outcomes commonly augment incomplete
microdata by appending socioeconomic characteristics of residential areas (such as median …

Place. Area. Neighborhood. Latitude. Longitude. Distance. These geographic terms are
increasingly finding their way into the epidemiologic literature, as advances in geographic …

Objectives of the Study The addition of area-based socioeconomic status (SES) measures to
analyses of cancer registry data has led to profound advancements in public health …

We compared all-cause mortality rates stratified by individual-level education and by census
tract area–based socioeconomic measures for Massachusetts (1999–2001). Among …