Socioeconomic differentials in mortality among men within Great Britain: time trends and contributory causes

摘要

Conclusions-This study has shown that trends in mortality and in inequalities in mortality differ within Great Britain. Although death rates were higher in Scot- land than in England and Wales, smaller mortality differentials by social class were found in Scotland over the period 1951 to 1971. By 1981, however, social class mor- tality differentials were greater in Scot- land than in England and Wales. The greater increase in the social class differ- entials over time in Scotland, may have contributed to the worsening overall mor- tality profile in Scotland as compared with England and Wales that occurred between 1971 and 1981.