Hostile Hartlepool and genteel Guildford: hostility and health in 10 English towns

TY - JOUR

T1 - Hostile Hartlepool and genteel Guildford

T2 - hostility and health in 10 English towns

AU - Kirkbride, HA

AU - Jessop, EG

AU - Peacock, JL

PY - 2003/9

Y1 - 2003/9

N2 - Research from the USA suggests that cities with high mortality rates have high levels of hostility. Our aim was to replicate this research in English towns.A telephone questionnaire, based on the Cook-Medley hostility scale, was administered to random samples of adults in 10 English towns: five with high standardized mortality ratios (SMR) and five with low SMRs.The point estimate for the age-sex-weighted mean hostility score of high SMR towns was higher than that of tow SMR towns (mean difference 0.2). However, the 95% confidence interval on the estimate included no difference between the two groups (-0.3- 0.8).Our study does not confirm beyond doubt the findings of earlier research in the USA.

AB - Research from the USA suggests that cities with high mortality rates have high levels of hostility. Our aim was to replicate this research in English towns.A telephone questionnaire, based on the Cook-Medley hostility scale, was administered to random samples of adults in 10 English towns: five with high standardized mortality ratios (SMR) and five with low SMRs.The point estimate for the age-sex-weighted mean hostility score of high SMR towns was higher than that of tow SMR towns (mean difference 0.2). However, the 95% confidence interval on the estimate included no difference between the two groups (-0.3- 0.8).Our study does not confirm beyond doubt the findings of earlier research in the USA.

KW - hostility

KW - Cook Medley score

KW - standardized mortality ratios

KW - MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

KW - MORTALITY

KW - DEATH

U2 - 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00101-X

DO - 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00101-X

M3 - Article

SN - 0033-3506

VL - 117

SP - 312

EP - 316

JO - Public Health

JF - Public Health

IS - 5

ER -