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Trends in social inequalities in male mortality, 2001-08 — intercensal estimates for England and Wales
Author(s)	Ann Langford, Brian Johnson
Journal title	Health Statistics Quarterly, no 47, Autumn 2010
Pages	pp 5-32
Source	http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hsq/
Keywords	Older men ; Death rate [statistics] ; Poverty ; Socio-economic groups ; Measurement ; Longitudinal surveys ; England ; Wales.
Annotation	This article contributes to the debate on health inequalities by presenting for the first time, an annual series of mortality rates for men aged 25-64 for the period 2001-08 classified by the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC). Previously, estimates have been based on socio-economic data from the census, and thus were restricted to 2001-03. The new method uses the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to estimate annual population by NS-SEC, whilst deaths by NS-SEC are extracted from the Death Registers. The results show that there has been a pattern of declining absolute inequalities but rising relative inequalities in men over the period 2001-08. In the future, this series could be used to monitor inequalities. (KJ).
Accession Number	CPA-101111221 A
Classmark	BC: S5: W6: T4: 3R: 3J: 82: 9
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