1. STATISTICS OF INEQUALITY.
- Author
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Preston, Barbara
- Subjects
DEATH rate ,EQUALITY ,DEATH ,SOCIAL classes ,SOCIAL stratification - Abstract
The Registrar General's Decennial Supplement shows that the difference between the death rates for the different social classes has increased over the period from the early 1930s to the 1960s. The Registrar General allocates social class on the basis of the last full-time occupation of the male, Married women are classified by their husband's occupation. The death rates are generally given as crude death rates, the number of deaths per 1,000 or per 100,000 population as appropriate; or as Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs), which correct for differences in age structure. The Standardized Mortality Ratio is the actual number of deaths as a percentage of the number expected. Overall the SMR has decreased since 1930. However when the SMRs are considered by social class, the inequality of this improvement shows up. The overall SMRs for coronary heart disease, for lung cancer and for motor vehicle accidents increased from 1951 to 1961, whereas the overall SMR for all causes of death decreased.
- Published
- 1974
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