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Are socio-economic inequalities in mortality decreasing in Trent Region UK? — an observational study, 1988-1998
Author(s)	Mark Strong, Ravi Maheswaran, Peter R Fryers
Journal title	Journal of Public Health Medicine, vol 24, no 2, June 2002
Pages	pp 120-122
Keywords	Socio-economic groups [elderly] ; Poor elderly ; Death rate [statistics] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Midlands [England].
Annotation	There is some debate as to how inequalities in mortality between socio-economic groups should be measured. In this study, mortality rates from 1988 to 1998 in Trent Region (the NHS region covering the East Midlands, South Yorkshire, Humberside and Lincolnshire) were calculated for each of five deprivation categories (derived using 1991-based enumeration district level Townsend scores) for men and women aged 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, and 75-84. Rate ratios (95% confidence levels) were calculated for the years 1988-1990 and 1996-1998, comparing the most deprived with the least deprived categories. There appear to have been decreases in socio-economic inequalities in mortality between 1988 and 1998 in Trent Region. These trends run counter to those described in most of the recent literature. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020628203 A
Classmark	F:T4: F:W6: S5: 3J: 82X
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