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Inequalities in mortality involving common physical health conditions, England: 21 March 2021 to 31 January 2023
What's in the bulletin?
- Age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) were higher among males than females for all-cause mortality and most individual conditions; however, females had higher rates of mortality involving asthma and dementia.
- ASMRs for all-cause mortality and most individual conditions were generally highest in the most deprived areas and among people who were long-term unemployed or had never worked; the largest differences by deprivation were observed for mortality involving chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, followed by lung cancer and asthma.
- The ASMR for all-cause mortality was higher for the White British population than for other ethnic groups; the White British group also had higher mortality rates than most ethnic minority groups for several types of cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and dementia.
Risk factors for pre-diabetes and undiagnosed type 2 diabetes in England: 2013 to 2019
What's in the bulletin?
- An estimated 7% of adults in England showed evidence of type 2 diabetes, and 3 in 10 (30%) of those were undiagnosed; this equates to approximately 1 million adults with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes.
- Older adults were more likely to have type 2 diabetes, but younger adults were more likely to be undiagnosed if they did have type 2 diabetes; 50% of those aged 16 to 44 years with type 2 diabetes were undiagnosed compared with 27% of those aged 75 years and over (Figure 1).
- Those with type 2 diabetes were also more likely to be undiagnosed if they were in better general health, and women were more likely to be undiagnosed if they had a lower body mass index (BMI), lower waist circumference, or were not prescribed antidepressants.
Datasets related to Health inequalities
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Inequalities in mortality involving common physical health conditions, England
Rates of mortality involving cancers, cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease, dementia, diabetes, and respiratory diseases, by Census 2021 variables. Experimental Statistics.
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Sociodemographic differences in the risk of testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), England
Sociodemographic differences in the risk of testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) using the COVID-19 Infection Survey (CIS) and routinely collected data from national testing programmes.
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Health state life expectancies by Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD 2015 and IMD 2019): England, all ages
Life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) by national deprivation deciles (IMD 2015 and IMD 2019), England: 2011 to 2019.
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Health state life expectancies by Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD 2015 and IMD 2019), England, at birth and age 65 years
Life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE), Slope Index of Inequality (SII) and range at birth and age 65 by national deprivation deciles (IMD 2015 and IMD 2019), England, 2011 to 2019.
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Health state life expectancies by Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD 2014 and WIMD 2019), Wales, at birth and age 65 years
Life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE), Slope Index of Inequality (SII) and range at birth and age 65 years by national deprivation deciles (WIMD 2014 and WIMD 2019), Wales, 2011 to 2019.
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Life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, disability-free life expectancy by Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD 2015)
Life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) by national deprivation deciles (IMD 2015), England: 2016 to 2018.
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Sociodemographic differences in the risk of testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), England: 12 September 2020 to 13 December 2021
Comparison of sociodemographic differences in the risk of testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) using the COVID-19 Infection Survey (CIS) and routinely collected data from national testing programmes.
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Quality of ethnicity data in health-related administrative data sources by sociodemographic characteristics, England
Comparing the quality of ethnicity data recorded in health-related administrative data sources with Census 2021.
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Most common age at death, by socio-economic position in England and Wales
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An overview of lifestyles and wider characteristics linked to Healthy Life Expectancy in England
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