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6.9 Index of Deprivation
6.9.1 Index of Deprivation 2007
6.9.1.1 For Geographical Areas of Hull
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2007 15 (Communities and Local Government
2007) score is a measure of deprivation derived for lower layer Super Output Area
(LLSOA). These geographical areas have a minimum population size of 1,000 and a
mean population size of 1,500. The IMD 2007 index is based on seven domains which
are weighted according to their relative importance in relation to the overall score
(weights in brackets): (i) income deprivation (22.5%); (ii) employment deprivation
(22.5%); (iii) health deprivation and disability (13.5%); (iv) education, skills and training
deprivation (13.5%); (v) barriers to housing and services (9.3%); (vi) living environment
deprivation (9.3%); and (vii) crime (9.3%). The IMD 2007 score measures deprivation,
but is not such a good measure of affluence. As it is applied to a geographical area, it
relates to average levels of deprivation within an area. Therefore, there will be could
well be some residents of the area who are very much more deprived than the average
and some very much better-off relative to the average.
Using the IMD 2007 score, Hull is ranked 11 th out of the 152 PCTs (within bottom 8%)
and also 11 th out of the 354 local authorities (within bottom 4%). The scores for the IMD
2007 were produced in November 2007, and represented an update to the IMD 2004.
Hull‟s ranking improved from 2004 to 2007, from the 9 th most deprived local authority to
the 11 th most deprived local authority. Further detailed analysis of the changes between
the IMD 2004 and the IMD 2007 at ward, area and locality level overall and for the
individual domains are given in a report available at www.hullpublichealth.org
The IMD 2007 scores for all of England‟s 32,482 LLSOAs have been divided into five
approximately equal-sized groups ranging from the 20% most deprived areas to the
20% least deprived areas. These five groups are referred to as national quintiles. The
national quintiles give an indication of how Hull‟s LLSOAs compare with England in
terms of deprivation. See section 12.8 for more information about quintiles.
Since the levels of deprivation across Hull are different from those observed nationally in
that more deprivation is observed in Hull and that none of the 163 LLSOAs in Hull are in
the least deprived quintile nationally and very few in the second least deprived quintile
nationally, local comparisons of different deprivation groups have used local quintiles,
i.e. IMD 2007 score is divided into five approximately equal-sized groups based on the
local distribution of the score.
The IMD 2007 scores have also been produced for each of the 23 wards (larger
geographical areas than LLSOAs) in Hull using the scores for each LLSOA within the
wards weighted by the estimated resident population of that LLSOA (as at October
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