BMJ  2004;328 (1 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7447.0-b

Scotland and London have widest health gap

The 2001 census documents a social and geographical health divide in Great Britain. Using the new government social class scheme (NS-SeC), Doran and colleagues (p 1043) examined data on 25.6 million people aged between 25 and 64, collected in the 2001 census of England, Wales, and Scotland. They found that rates of poor health increased from class 1 (higher professional occupations) to class 7 (routine occupations). People in all social classes living in Wales and in the north east and north west regions of England had higher rates of poor health than the rest of the population. The widest health gap between social classes was in Scotland and London, and women generally had poorer health than men, except when they were in class 6 (semi-routine occupations).

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