The phrase "area indicator" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a sign, symbol, or measurement that denotes a specific area or region.
Example: "The area indicator on the map helps us identify the boundaries of the protected wildlife zone."
Alternatives: "region marker" or "zone identifier".
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2004 (Scottish Government, 2004) was used as a postcode-referenced, small area indicator of socioeconomic position.
All these models included, in addition to exposure variables, an indicator variable for baseline visit for FINRISK and KORA, which had more than one recruitment period, and an area indicator for FINRISK, which consisted of two clearly separate study areas.
Very limited spatial and temporal PM2.5 monitoring data were available (only 40% of exposure-years between 1984 and 1994 could be assigned) and we therefore estimated historical PM2.5 using TSP and metropolitan area indicator variables.
The Carstairs deprivation score is a small area indicator of socioeconomic status based on the prevalence measured at the decennial census of four characteristics: overcrowding, male unemployment, social class, and car ownership.
Although the area indicator of socioeconomic deprivation revealed a lower social gradient in the City of Augsburg, the individual social class indicator pointed into the opposite direction of a higher socioeconomic status in the City of Augsburg.
In non-DM patients, creatinine associated negatively with all fat area indicators (Table 3A).
Compositional area indicators of SES that are derived by aggregating individual measures can compound inherent gender biases.
It is possible that analyses of district and small area indicators are not able to detect a true but small effect on risk.
We investigated a range of risk factors of heat-related death using routine mortality data linked to small area indicators of environment and social status.
Unlike the previous study of Massachusetts that found that certain indicators of area deprivation such as unemployment or low education level were related to elevated work injury rates [ 36], we found other area indicators to be salient.
The association of the proportion of agricultural workforce with area pesticide suicide rates persisted after controlling for area indicators of socioeconomic disadvantage, which may themselves increase the risk of suicide.
