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Healthy life expectancy by area deprivation — magnitude and trends in England, 1994-1999
Author(s)	Madhavi Bajekal
Journal title	Health Statistics Quarterly, no 25, Spring 2005
Pages	pp 18-27
Source	http://www.statistics.gov.uk/products/p6725.asp
Keywords	Good Health ; Life expectancy tables ; Poverty ; Local ; Longitudinal surveys ; England.
Annotation	The magnitude of inequalities in health by area deprivation is examined using two composite indices of health expectancy, one based on a subjective assessment of general health status (healthy life expectancy) and the second on reported limiting long standing illness (disability-free life expectancy). Trends in healthy life expectancy by deprivation for the period 1994-1999 were also examined. Results show that males and females living in the most deprived wards spend twice as many years in poor health, both in absolute (years of life) and relative (proportion of life) terms, than those living in the least deprived wards. There was no change in the healthy life expectancy gap between the most and least deprived areas over the study period. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050412206 A
Classmark	CD: S7: W6: 5CT: 3J: 82
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