Maas 2009b, To investigate The second Dutch Morbidity data on National mortality % neighbourhood Controlled for urbanity, Morbidity ↓ The whether national survey of physical and mental records greenspace; National Land demographic and Annual prevalence of 24 disease clusters Netherlands study general practice health Database (LGN4) socioeconomic for people who have 10% more green space (DNSGP-2). characteristics (Maas et al. than average, for 1km radius: morbidity is also Representative of 2009b) related to green the Dutch High BP OR 0.99 (95% CI 0.98, 1.00) ↓ space in people’s population in living terms of age, Cardiac disease OR 0.98 (95% CI 0.97, 0.99) ↓ environment gender and health insurance type CHD OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.95, 0.99) p<0.01 ↓ (n = 345,143) Stroke, brain haemorrhage OR 0.98 (95% CI ↓ 0.95, 1.00) Neck and back complaints OR 0.98 (95% CI ↓ 0.97, 0.99) p<0.01 Severe back complaints OR 0.98 (95% CI ↓ 0.97, 0.99) p<0.01 Severe neck and shoulder complaints OR ↓ 0.98 (95% CI 0.97, 0.99) p<0.01 Severe elbow, wrist and hand complaints ↓ OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.96, 0.98) p<0.01 respiratory tract infection OR 0.97 ↓ (95% CI 0.96, 0.98) p<0.01 Bronchitis/pneumonia OR 0.97 (95% CI ↓ 0.97, 1.00) Asthma, COPD OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.96, 0.98) ↓ p<0.01 Migraine/severe headache OR 0.98 (95% CI ↓ 0.97, 0.99) p<0.01 Vertigo OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.95, 0.99) p<0.01 ↓ Severe intestinal complaints OR 0.98 (95% ↓ CI 0.96, 1.00)
Maas 2009b, The Netherlands (Maas et al. 2009b) To investigate whether morbidity is also related to green space in people’s living environment study The second Dutch national survey of general practice (DNSGP-2). Representative of the Dutch population in terms of age, gender and health insurance type (n = 345,143) Morbidity data on physical and mental health National mortality records % neighbourhood greenspace; National Land Database (LGN4) Controlled for urbanity, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics Morbidity ↓ Annual prevalence of 24 disease clusters for people who have 10% more green space than average, for 1km radius: High BP ↓ OR 0.99 (95% CI 0.98, 1.00) Cardiac disease ↓ OR 0.98 (95% CI 0.97, 0.99) CHD ↓ OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.95, 0.99) p<0.01 Stroke, brain haemorrhage ↓ OR 0.98 (95% CI 0.95, 1.00) Neck and back complaints ↓ OR 0.98 (95% CI 0.97, 0.99) p<0.01 Severe back complaints ↓ OR 0.98 (95% CI 0.97, 0.99) p<0.01 Severe neck and shoulder complaints ↓ OR 0.98 (95% CI 0.97, 0.99) p<0.01 Severe elbow, wrist and hand complaints ↓ OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.96, 0.98) p<0.01 respiratory tract infection ↓ OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.96, 0.98) p<0.01 Bronchitis/pneumonia ↓ OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.97, 1.00) Asthma, COPD ↓ OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.96, 0.98) p<0.01 Migraine/severe headache ↓ OR 0.98 (95% CI 0.97, 0.99) p<0.01 Vertigo ↓ OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.95, 0.99) p<0.01 Severe intestinal complaints ↓ OR 0.98 (95% CI 0.96, 1.00)
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