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Inequalities in disability-free life expectancy by area deprivation — England, 2001-04 and 2005-08
Author(s)	Michael P Smith, Olugbenga Olatunde, Chris White
Journal title	Health Statistics Quarterly, no 48, Winter 2010
Pages	pp 36-57
Source	http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hsq/
Keywords	Health [elderly] ; Chronic illness ; Physical disabilities ; Poverty ; Economic status [elderly] ; Life expectancy tables ; England.
Annotation	Life expectancy (LE) and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) for males and females at birth and at age 65 were estimated using a combination of survey, mortality and population data. Survey data provided an estimate of the prevalence of limiting long-standing illness or disability (LLSI) used in the DFLE metric. The prevalence of LLSI among males and females rose incrementally with increasing levels of deprivation in both periods. Males and females at birth and at age 65 in the less deprived areas could expect longer, healthier lives than their counterparts in more deprived areas in both 2001-04 and 2005-08. This analysis suggests that the inequality in DFLE between deprived and affluent area clusters has increased during the first decade of the 21st century. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-110308004 A
Classmark	CC: CI: BN: W6: F:W: S7: 82
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