All-cause and cause-specific mortality in Scotland 1981-2011 by age, sex and deprivation: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Average life expectancy has stopped increasing for many countries. This has been attributed to causes such as influenza, austerity policies and deaths of despair (drugs, alcohol and suicide). Less is known on the inequality of life expectancy over time using reliable, whole population, data. This work examines all-cause and cause-specific mortality rates in Scotland to assess the patterning of relative and absolute inequalities across three decades.

Methods

Using routinely collected Scottish mortality and population records we calculate directly age-standardized mortality rates by age group, sex and deprivation fifths for all-cause and cause-specific deaths around each census 1981-2011.

Results

All-cause mortality rates in the most deprived areas in 2011 (4

SUBMITTER: Brown D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6660111 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature