HPI: Health Poverty Index GDP per Capita Data for England, 1998

England's Health Poverty Index data on Gross Domestic Product per capita for the year 1998. The dataset is administrative data published by the Health Poverty Index and sourced from the Department of Health and Social Care. Data is available at the NUTS 3 regional level and was assigned to constituent Local Authority areas.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional economic disparities as a root cause of health poverty based on GDP per capita.
• Model the relationship between economic indicators and health outcomes at a sub-national level.
• Assign economic data to local authority areas for spatial analysis based on the NUTS 3 aggregation method described.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative UK Department of Health and Social Care.
• Geographic coverage is specific to England.
• Temporal coverage is clearly defined for the single year 1998.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from 1998 and may not reflect current economic conditions.

Provenance

Source

Department of Health and Social Care (DoH)

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

1998

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:16.512417; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England, at NUTS 3 and Local Authority level