Healthy life expectancy by area deprivation: magnitude and trends in England, 1994-1999.
Health Stat Q
; (25): 18-27, 2005.
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ABSTRACT
This article examines the magnitude of inequalities in health by area deprivation using two composite indices of health expectancy, one based on a subjective assessment of general health status (healthy life expectancy) and the second on reported limiting longstanding illness (disability-free life expectancy). Trends in healthy life expectancy by deprivation for the period 1994-1999 were also examined. Results show that males and females living in the most deprived wards spend twice as many years in poor health, both in absolute (years of life) and relative (proportion of life) terms, than those living in the least deprived wards. There was no change in the healthy life expectancy gap between the most and least deprived areas over the study period.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Factores Socioeconómicos
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Indicadores de Salud
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Esperanza de Vida
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
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Patient_preference
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Stat Q
Asunto de la revista:
ESTATISTICAS VITAIS
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article