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© 1972 Oxford University Press

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Community Diagnosis: An Analysis of Indicators of Health and Disease in a Metropolitan Area

JOHN M. CHAPMAN1, and ANNE COULSON2

1Professor of Epidemiology
2Senior Statistician and Lecturer Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles

Requests for reprints may be addressed to Dr. John M. Chapman

Chapman, J. M. (Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.), and Coulson, A. Community Diagnosis: an analysis of indicators of health and disease in a metropolitan area. Int. J. Epid. 1972,1 : 75–81.

Population, mortality and hospitalization information has been assembled to describe patterns of health and disease among 142 Los Angeles communities. Total county rates for a municipality of this size mask the wide variations in disease experience among different population subgroups.

Differences in infant mortality, total deaths, and mortality from cancer, ischemic heart disease, stroke and accidents are presented according to the geographic location, ethnic composition and economic characteristics of the constituent communities. Comparison of hospitalization with these indicators is explored.


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