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| Widening gap in life expectancy | | Author(s) | David Gordon, Diane Gibbs |
| Journal title | Health Service Journal, vol 118, no 6128, 16 October 2008 |
| Pages | p 17 |
| Source | http://www.hsj.co.uk |
| Keywords | Death rate [statistics] ; Poverty. |
| Annotation | Area-based inequalities in mortality is the most commonly used indicator of progress in reducing inequalities. This short article illustrates the continuing inequalities in life expectancy between England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland, and points to a widening gap in life expectancy at birth between England and Scotland, based on data for 1991-93 and 2004-06. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081022203 A |
| Classmark | S5: W6 * |
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