| The Grim Reaper's Road Map: An Atlas of Mortality in Britain Contributor(s): Shaw, Mary (Author), Thomas, Bethan (Author), Davey Smith, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 1861348231 ISBN-13: 9781861348234 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $45.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: This impressive full-color atlas with over 100 color-coded and accessible maps uniquely presents the geography of mortality in Britain. The book presents data from more than 14 million deaths over a 24-year period in Britain. The maps detail over 100 separate categories of cause of death, including various cancers, suicides, assault by firearms, multiple sclerosis, pneumonia, hypothermia, and Parkinson's disease, and also show how often these occurred in different neighborhoods. Accompanying each map is a detailed description and brief geographical analysis. The number of people who have died due to each cause, the average age of death, and ratio of male to female deaths are listed. Being the first atlas published on this subject for over two decades, The Grim Reaper's Road Map provides a comprehensive overview of the geographical pattern of mortality in Britain. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Death & Dying - Social Science | Demography - Social Science | Reference |
| Dewey: 304.640 |
| LCCN: 2009368616 |
| Series: Health and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 9.4" W x 11.7" (2.85 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This impressive full-colour atlas, with over 100 colour-coded and accessible maps, uniquely presents the geography of death in Britain. The first atlas published on this subject for over two decades, this book presents data from more than 14 million deaths over a 24-year period in Britain. The maps detail over 100 separate categories of cause of death, including various cancers, suicides, assault by firearms, multiple sclerosis, pneumonia, hypothermia, falls, and Parkinson's disease, and show how often these occurred in different neighbourhoods. Accompanying each map is a detailed description and brief geographical analysis - the number of people who have died due to each cause, the average age of death and ratio of male to female deaths are listed. Taken as a whole, these provide a comprehensive overview of the geographical pattern of mortality in Britain. This atlas will be essential reading for academics and students of social medicine, sociology of health and illness and epidemiology. It will also be valuable for anyone who wants a better understanding of patterns of mortality within Britain, including medical and healthcare practitioners, policy makers and researchers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dorling, Danny: - Danny Dorling is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. He is the author of more than twenty-five books.Thomas, Bethan: - Bethan Thomas is a researcher in the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield. |