Rees, Philip, Brown, Dominic, Norman, Paul, and Dorling, Daniel
Subjects
SMALL area statistics, POPULATION statistics, SOCIAL status, SOCIAL indicators, SCIENTIFIC observation
Abstract
Background This paper evaluates claims in a recent study that inequalities in small area mortality rates have lessened. We examine the effect of differently estimated populations on time trends in age‐specific mortality rates for Yorkshire and the Humber and East of England. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]