?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=School+of+Geography+Working+Paper+08%2F04&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Estimates+of+Ethnic+Mortality+in+the+UK&rft.creator=Rees%2C+P.&rft.creator=Wohland%2C+P.&rft.description=This+paper+develops+the+first+estimates+of+the+mortality+risks+experienced+by+the+UK's+ethnic+populations+at+local+scale.+Two+estimations+were+developed.+In+the+first%2C+2001+Census+data+on+limiting+long-term+illness+is+used+as+a+predictor+of+mortality+levels.+The+second+estimation+used+the+geographical+distribution+of+ethnic+group+populations+across+local+areas+with+local+mortality+to+reconstruct+national+mortality+rates+by+ethnicity%2C+which+were+then+used+to+estimate+local+ethnic+mortality.+A+comparison+of+the+two+approaches+indicated+the+method+based+on+illness+rates+produced+more+variation+and+hence+was+preferred+to+the+flatter+estimates+of+the+geographically+weighted+method.+The+local+SMRs+produced+for+each+ethnic+group+were+linked+to+full+life+tables+to+produce+a+comprehensive+set+of+ethnic+group+life+tables+for+432+local+authority+areas+in+2001.&rft.publisher=The+School+of+Geography&rft.date=2008-09&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.whiterose.ac.uk%2F4977%2F1%2FEstimates_of_ethnic_mortality_in_the_UK.pdf&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geog.leeds.ac.uk%2Fwpapers%2F&rft.identifier=+++Rees%2C+P.+and+Wohland%2C+P.++(2008)+Estimates+of+Ethnic+Mortality+in+the+UK.++Working+Paper.+++The+School+of+Geography+%2C++++The+University+of+Leeds.++++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.whiterose.ac.uk%2F4977%2F