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Regional inequalities in mortality

Illsley, Raymond and Le Grand, Julian ORCID: 0000-0002-7864-0118 (1993) Regional inequalities in mortality. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 47 (6). 444 - 449. ISSN 0143-005X

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Identification Number: 10.1136/jech.47.6.444

Abstract

STUDY OBJECTIVE--To examine the hypothesis of sustained and persistent inequalities in health between British regions and to ask how far they are a consequence of using standardised mortality ratios as the tool of measurement. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS--Data are regional, age specific death rates at seven points in time from 1931 to 1987-89 for the British regions, reconstructed to make them comparable with the 1981 regional definitions. Log variance is used to measure inequality; regional rankings are also used. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS--There has been a substantial convergence in age specific death rates between regions in younger but not in older age groups. In younger age groups the historic north/south gradient has disappeared; it persists in older groups. CONCLUSIONS--Use of standardised mortality ratios obscures differences in the convergence rates of age specific death rates between regions. Simple conclusions about the persistence of a north/south divide are not justified. Different processes of change seem to be at work in different age groups.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://jech.bmj.com/
Additional Information: © 1993 BMJ Publishing Group
Divisions: Social Policy
STICERD
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Date Deposited: 13 Jun 2008 15:30
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 21:01
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/5685

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