Table 2 Crude average* total population rates for emergency hospital admission for assault per 100 000 residents per year and age-specific rates for males (15–44 years)
People and Places geodemographic descriptionsAverage IMDAverage annual rates per 100,000 (±95% CI)
Tree classificationBrief tree description†All assaultsMales 15–29 yearsMales 30–44 years
Mature OaksComprising wealthy, older working people living in large detached houses in rural areas6.8119.46 (19.45 to 19.48)139.29 (138.75 to 139.83)37.17 (36.97 to 37.37)
Country OrchardsPredominantly well-educated, high income agricultural workers likely to be self-employed7.6229.74 (29.72 to 29.77)163.29 (162.68 to 163.9047.73 (47.51 to 47.95)
Blossoming FamiliesTypified by well qualified, and well paid, young professional families with infants - buying detached houses13.8620.31 (20.29 to 20.34)139.32 (138.49 to 140.16)45.21 (44.90 to 45.52)
Rooted HouseholdsLargely skilled manual workers, quite high income, buying semi-detached houses12.1134.36 (34.34 to 34.38)205.87 (205.36 to 206.38)68.26 (68.04 to 68.47)
Qualified MetropolitansLargely highly qualified professional commuters living in small single households concentrated in city centres13.9833.31 (33.28 to 33.34)200.40 (199.40 to 201.40)90.92 (90.40 to 91.45)
Senior NeighbourhoodsCharacterised by quite affluent older people or pensioners living in owner-occupied detached houses; likely to own a second home17.6846.81 (46.78 to 46.85)144.88 (144.41 to 145.35)85.67 (85.36 to 85.97)
Suburban StabilityPredominantly skilled manual, routine and semi-routine workers living in semi-detached and terraced housing20.0055.37 (55.35 to 55.40)278.60 (278.05 to 279.15)124.62 (124.32 to 124.91)
New StartersPrimarily students and highly qualified, but low income, young adults living in single or cohabiting bedsits or flats29.7896.52 (96.45 to 96.59)235.77 (235.18 to 236.36)215.34 (214.64 to 216.04)
Multicultural CentresCharacterised by semi-skilled, unskilled and unemployed Jewish, Muslim, Black, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi low income families living in terraces34.3492.75 (92.71 to 92.79)420.04 (419.22 to 420.86)223.53 (223.01 to 224.04)
Urban ProducersMainly semi-skilled, unskilled, unemployed and unqualified single parents living in terraced council housing with low incomes37.70101.53 (101.48 to 101.59)450.48 (449.37 to 451.59)267.02 (266.26 to 267.77)
Weathered CommunitiesUnemployed, low income pensioners or lone parent families with routine or semi-routine occupations in semi-detached housing or purpose built flats41.07103.03 (102.98 to 103.09)327.06 (326.43 to 327.69)220.14 (219.57 to 220.71)
Disadvantaged HouseholdsPredominantly low income, poorly qualified young families or lone parents living in council or housing association homes53.71170.32 (170.21 to 170.42)690.20 (688.43 to 691.97)448.70 (447.27 to 450.13)
Urban ChallengeTypified by unemployed, low income older people living in small council or housing association homes61.93235.98 (235.77 to 236.18)778.08 (775.24 to 780.92)656.10 (653.45 to 658.75)
UnclassifiedSmall number of Lower Super Output Areas that could not be statistically classified into P2 categories25.0971.11 (70.97 to 71.25)262.99 (261.26 to 264.72)138.38 (137.22 to 139.55)
PComparisons between tree classifications<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001
  • *Rates and confidence intervals for each classification are calculated using each LSOA as individual data points; data for all years 2002/03 to 2005/06 are included and averaging utilises LSOA population-based weightings.

  • †P2 People and Places is a geodemographic classification system developed for market segmentation.22 Descriptions provided in this table are abbreviated from the Full Tree Classification.

  • IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.