Indicators for evaluating European population health: a Delphi selection process

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Comparison of responses between the four groups of expertise, in all rounds

Round	Area of concern	Indicator	Field of expertise
Round	Area of concern	Indicator	EHS	EHESS	ESMPH	HGDS
1	ESE	Population who reported crime, violence or vandalism in the area of residence	●		●
	PHE	Annual mean concentrations of Particulate Matter - PM2.5 (ug/m3)	●\|□	●		□
	PHE	Annual mean concentrations of Particulate Matter - PM10 (ug/m3)	●\|□	●		□
	PHE	Annual mean ozone concentrations	●\|□\|▲\|♦	□	▲	♦
	PHE	Annual mean Nitrogen Dioxide concentration	●\|□	●	▲	□\|▲
	PHE	Annual mean Sulphur Dioxide concentration	●\|□	●	▲	□\|▲
	PHE	Number of high temperature days	●\|□	●\|▲	▲\|♦	□\|♦
	PHE	Number of low temperature days	●	●
	PHE	Number of warm nights	●\|□	● \|▲	▲\|♦	□\|♦
	PHE	Number of heatwaves	●\|□	● \|▲	▲\|♦	□\|♦
	PHE	Heating degree days	●	●\|□	□\|♦	♦
2	ESE	Gross Domestic Product, per capita in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS)	●		●
2	ESE	Early leavers from education and training (%)	●			●
3	HO	Sex ratio of life expectancy at birth	●	□		●\|□
	HO	Sex ratio of premature mortality	●	□		●\|□
	HO	Sex ratio of amenable mortality		●		●
	HO	Deaths related to dementias including Alzheimer’s disease, SDR per 100.000 inhabitants			●	●

EHS Economics and health systems, EHESS Environmental health, ecological systems and sustainability, ESMPH Epidemiology, social medicine and public health, HGDS Health geography, demography and sociology. The symbols identify the groups where responses were found to be statistically different. Pairs of equal symbols identify the groups where panelist’s response differ significantly from each other. Example: the responses given by the EHS group of panelists (●|□) on the indicator “Annual mean concentrations of Particulate Matter – PM2.5 (ug/m3)” differed significantly from the answers presented by the EHESS (●) and the HGDS (□) groups

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