Methods

Socio-economic and mortality analyses were conducted at a small area-level within each city. The maps of Brussels represent 118 Districts or small areas.  Data from the 2001 and 2006 National Registers were used to obtain the population size per District. 

As the population size of small areas were only available for 2001 and 2006, these annual figures were used to estimate the population figures of Brussels for the entire study period (2001 - 2004).  The INEQ-CITIES research of Brussels is based on these figures. 

The table below shows the estimated population size per District by first, second (median) and third quartiles, based on 2001 figures provided by Statistics Belgium.