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| Title |
A Century of Census Tracts: Health & the Body Politic (1906–2006)
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Urban Health, April 2006
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11524-006-9040-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nancy Krieger |
| Abstract |
In 2006, the U.S. celebrates the 100th birthday of the census tract. These geographic units, born out of concerns for urban well-being, were first proposed in 1906 to provide a "convenient and scientific city map system" for the City of New York. They were employed for the first time in the U.S. census in 1910 in eight cities, via a joint effort involving the U.S. Census Bureau and state and local health departments. Initially termed "sanitary areas" because of their relevance to planning for public health and health services, census tracts are now widely used by all sectors of government and by myriad disciplines in the health, social, and geographic sciences for research as well as policy development, implementation, and evaluation. In this article, I describe the census tract's underappreciated origins, give examples of its current use in analyzing and addressing social disparities in health and health care, and discuss its continued significance and implications for population health and the public data required for informed democratic governance. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 75 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 72 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 27% |
| Researcher | 8 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 9% |
| Professor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 17 | 23% |
| Unknown | 11 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 29 | 39% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 7% |
| Psychology | 2 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 13 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2021.
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#4,749,138
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#504
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#12,877
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#9
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