Methods

Socio-economic and mortality analyses were conducted at a small area-level within each city. The maps of Amsterdam represent 94 Buurts (Neighbourhoods) or small areas.  2001 data from the Centraal Bureau voor der Statistiek was used to obtain the population size per Buurt. 

As the population size per small area was not available following 2001, the population figures from 2001 were multiplied by nine to represent the total number of years included in the study period (2000 - 2008). It is worth noting that the Census in Amsterdam is based on a population sample rather than a measure of the entire population. Some Buurts, therefore, had small sample sizes. Buurts with five or less cases (by sex for any indicator) were excluded from the analysis and are shown in stripes on the Atlas maps. The INEQ-CITIES research of Amsterdam is based on these figures. 

The table below shows the estimated population size per Buurt by first, second (median) and third quartiles, based on 2001 figures from the Centraal Bureau voor der Statistiek.