Analysis

Rural-Urban Classification

ONS Rural-Urban Classification (1=Major Urban, 6=Rural)

geographicUnit: classificationSource: ons

The metrics below move with Rural-Urban Classification across UK places. A positive correlation means the two tend to rise together; a negative one means as this rises, the other tends to fall.

Strongest positive correlatesRise together

#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	Nervous system disease mortality rate (crude)health	moderate	0.54	46
2	Alcohol-specific mortality ratehealth	moderate	0.53	41
3	Population Over 65demographic	moderate	0.53	51
4	Over-65s %

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Correlation ≠ causation. A strong correlation does not mean one metric causes the other. Both may be driven by a shared underlying factor, or the link may be coincidental.
r is the Pearson correlation coefficient (−1 to +1); n is the number of places compared. Larger n means a more reliable estimate.
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Data: precomputed cross-metric correlations (latest period).

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#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	Council Tax Band Deconomic	very_strong	-0.90	44
2	Council Tax Revenueeconomic	very_strong	-0.88	44
3	Expenditure Per Capitaeconomic	very_strong	-0.84	34
4	Adult social care spend per headeconomic	very_strong	-0.80	44
5	Children's social care spend per headeconomic	strong	-0.79	44
6	Religious Hate Crimes (Total)crime	strong	-0.73	46
7	Public health spend per headeconomic	strong	-0.70	44
8	Education spend per headeconomic	strong	-0.69	44
9	Unemployed %economy	strong	-0.60	46
10	Net current expenditure per headeconomic	moderate	-0.60	44
11	Lone Parent Households %social	moderate	-0.57	46
12	Progress 8 Scoreeducation	moderate	-0.56	41
13	Low birth weight of term babieshealth	moderate	-0.55	44
14	Pension Credit Recipientssocial	moderate	-0.52	41
15	Unemployment %economic	moderate	-0.52	51

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