Inequality among men in standardised years of potential life lost, 1970-93

Abstract

We used population data from the 10% sample of each relevant census. This sample is coded to the registrar general's social classification. Only men aged 20-64 years were included because many men outside this age range could not be allocated to a social class. Deaths by age and social class for 1970-2, 1979-80 and 1982-3, and 1991-3 (used in decennial supplements to the census 1, 6, 15) come from the database at the Office for National Statistics. The categories of cause of death examined are all causes, ischaemic heart disease, malignant neoplasms, and accidents and violence (ICD-9 codes 001-999, 410-414, 140-208, and E800-E999).