TY  - RPRT
CY  - The University of Leeds
N1  - Copyright of the School of Geography, University Of Leeds
ID  - wrro4977
UR  - http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/wpapers/
A1  - Rees, P.
A1  - Wohland, P.
Y1  - 2008/09//
N2  - 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, 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, 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.
PB  - The School of Geography
VL  - School of Geography Working Paper 08/04
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  -  Mortality
KW  -  Estimates
KW  -  Standardized Illness Ratios
KW  -  Standardized Mortality Ratios
KW  -  Local Authorites
KW  -  England
KW  -  Wales
KW  -  Scotland
KW  -  Northern Ireland
KW  -  United Kingdom
M1  - working_paper
TI  - Estimates of Ethnic Mortality in the UK
AV  - public
EP  - 122
ER  -