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| Life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy estimates for Middle Super Output Areas; England, 1999-2003 | | Author(s) | Olugbenga Olatunde, Chris White, Michael P Smith |
| Journal title | Health Statistics Quarterly, no 47, Autumn 2010 |
| Pages | pp 33-65 |
| Source | http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hsq/ |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Chronic illness ; Physical disabilities ; Poverty ; Life expectancy tables ; Local ; England. |
| Annotation | There is increasing demand for health indicators at small area level to support healthcare monitoring and planning. This study compares disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) in England at the Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOAs) level. An advantage of these areas for statistical purposes is their relative homogeneity in population size, with an average population of 7,200 people and range of 5,001 to 15,326 people. This article reports DFLE for MSOAs in England based on 2001 Census data. DFLE was generally higher among MSOAs in southern Government Office Regions (GOR) than in the north. About 30 years separated the MSOAs with the highest and lowest DFLEs. There was a clear deprivation gradient in DFLE, with significantly lower estimates in more disadvantaged areas. These findings, for the first time, illustrate the degree of health inequality present at MSOA level and provide useful information to healthcare planners to assist in more efficient targeting of resource allocation. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101111219 A |
| Classmark | CC: CI: BN: W6: S7: 5CT: 82 |
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