Titre : | Increasing mortality differentials by residential area level of poverty : Britain 1981-1997. (2000) |
Auteurs : | M. SHAW ; D. DORLING ; D. GORDON ; R. MITCHELL ; G.D. Smith ; School of Geographical Sciences. University of Bristol. Bristol. GBR |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 51, n° 1, 2000) |
Pagination : | 151-153 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Angleterre ; Grande Bretagne ; Royaume Uni ; Europe ; Homme ; Etat santé ; Epidémiologie ; Mortalité ; Facteur socioéconomique ; Pauvreté |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST bSR0xLHZ. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This paper considers mortality for ages 15-64 for the period 1981-97 in Britain according to population deciles defined by an area-based poverty measure. Over the study period there has been a polarization of life chances such that by 1994-97 almost one quarter of deaths in this age group can be attributed to unfavourable socioeconomic circumstances. Mortality differentials according to socioeconomic circumstances increased in tandem with increases in income inequality. A commitment to redistributive social policies is necessary if the trend of increasing inequality is to be reversed. |