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Social inequalities in female mortality by region and by selected causes of death, England and Wales, 2001-03
Author(s)	Ann Langford, Brian Johnson, Alaa Al-Hamad
Journal title	Health Statistics Quarterly, no 44, Winter 2009
Pages	pp 7-26
Source	http://www.statistics.gov.uk
Keywords	Women ; Death rate [statistics] ; Poverty ; Socio-economic groups ; Indicators ; Regional ; Longitudinal surveys ; England ; Wales.
Annotation	This article is the first official compilation of detailed mortality statistics for women, aged 25-59, based on the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC). It is the fifth in a series reporting on social inequalities in the working age population in England and Wales in 2001-03. The results demonstrate a strong socio-economic effect on the mortality of women in all regions. There were marked differences between the least and most advantaged classes in all causes studied, except for breast cancer. The least advantaged had a mortality rate three times as high for lung cancer and cerebrovascular disease, and over five times as high for ischaemic heart disease, all digestive diseases, and respiratory diseases. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100224201 A
Classmark	SH: S5: W6: T4: 3RI: 5CP: 3J: 82: 9
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