Health Poverty Index (hpi) visualisation tool: Indicator Descriptions

Indicators and data sources

The indicators used in the current visualisation tool come from a variety of sources. For information on the indicators and sub-indicators from which they are made, please click on the links below:

Root causes	Regional prospects	GVA
		Change in job supply
		Educational resourcing
	Local Conditions	Social Capital
		Education quality
	Household conditions	Income
		Wealth
		Human capital
Intervening Factors	Resourcing to support health	Local government resourcing
		Preventative care resourcing
	Healthy areas	Recreation facilities
		Effective preventative healthcare
	Behaviours and environments	Lifestyle
		Home environments
		Work & local environments
Situation of Health	Resourcing for health & social care	Health care resourcing
		Social care resourcing
	Appropriate Care	Effective primary care
		Access to secondary care
		Access to social care
		Quality of social care
	Health status	Psychological morbidity
		Health capital
		Physical morbidity
		Premature mortality

Further Information

The HPI tool is in the third phase of development. We would welcome your feedback.

Please remember to reference the project if you use the data or charts from this site.

Dibben, C, Sims, A., Watson, J., Barnes, H., Smith, T., Sigala, M. , Hill, A. and Manley, D. (2004) The Health Poverty Index. South East Public Health Observatory, Oxford.

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