Figure 1From: Ecological association between a deprivation index and mortality in France over the period 1997 – 2001: variations with spatial scale, degree of urbanicity, age, gender and cause of death SMR as a function of the various deprivation index quintiles, on the commune scale, by degree of urbanicity (UUC). SMR: standardized mortality ratio for the period 1997–2001. FDep99: First component of a PCA on the commune scale of the variables: median income, % blue-collar workers, % high school graduates, and unemployment rate. Townsend and Carstairs: sum of standardized variables.Back to article page