A small-area analysis of inequalities in chronic disease prevalence across urban and non-urban communities in the Province of Nova Scotia Canada 2007–2011

摘要

BackgroundSmall-area studies of health inequalities often have an urban focus, and may be limited in their translatability to non-urban settings. Using small-area units representing communities, this study assessed the influence of living in different settlement types (urban, town and rural) on the prevalence of four chronic diseases (heart disease, cancer, diabetes and stroke) and compared the degrees of associations with individual-level and community-level factors among the settlement types.