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Life expectancy of different ethnic groups using death records linked to population census data for 4.62 million people in Scotland
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dc.contributor.author | Gruer, Laurence | |
dc.contributor.author | Cézard, Geneviève | |
dc.contributor.author | Clark, Esta | |
dc.contributor.author | Douglas, Anne | |
dc.contributor.author | Steiner, Markus | |
dc.contributor.author | Millard, Andrew | |
dc.contributor.author | Buchanan, Duncan | |
dc.contributor.author | Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal | |
dc.contributor.author | Sheikh, Aziz | |
dc.contributor.author | Bhopal, Raj | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-15T15:30:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-15T15:30:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-07-29 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gruer , L , Cézard , G , Clark , E , Douglas , A , Steiner , M , Millard , A , Buchanan , D , Katikireddi , S V , Sheikh , A & Bhopal , R 2016 , ' Life expectancy of different ethnic groups using death records linked to population census data for 4.62 million people in Scotland ' , Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , vol. 70 , pp. 1251-1254 . https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2016-207426 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0143-005X | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 249995339 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: a6b7d36e-46cb-43fc-8ea1-785069dbada5 | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: urn:BED0B62DB61D042BDD6E4C1402A78381 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 84979695529 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-3011-7416/work/60196724 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/10778 | |
dc.description | This work was supported by the Scottish Chief Scientist’s Office (grant number CZH/4/878) and Cancer Research UK (grant number C3743/A16594) with supplementary funding from NHS Health Scotland. NHS National Services Scotland and National Records of Scotland made ‘in-house’ contributions to the work. SVK is funded by a NRS Scottish Senior Clinical Fellowship (SCAF/15/02), the Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12017/13) and the Chief Scientist’s Office (SPHSU13). | en |
dc.description.abstract | Background : Few countries record the data needed to estimate life expectancy by ethnic group. Such information is helpful in assessing the extent of health inequality. Method: Life tables were created using 3 years of deaths (May 2001?April 2004) linked to Scottish 2001 Census data for 4.62 million individuals with self-reported ethnicity. We created 8 ethnic groups based on the census definitions, each with at least 5000 individuals and 40 deaths. Life expectancy at birth was calculated using the revised Chiang method. Results: The life expectancy of White Scottish males at birth was 74.7 years (95% CI 74.6 to 74.8), similar to Mixed Background (73.0; 70.2 to 75.8) and White Irish (75.0; 74.0 to 75.9), but shorter than Indian (80.9; 78.4 to 83.4), Pakistani (79.3; 76.9 to 81.6), Chinese (79.0; 76.5 to 81.5), Other White British (78.9; 78.6 to 79.2) and Other White (77.2; 76.4 to 78.1). The life expectancy of White Scottish females was 79.4 years (79.3 to 79.5), similar to mixed background (79.3; 76.6 to 82.0), but shorter than Pakistani (84.6; 82.0 to 87.3), Chinese (83.4; 81.1 to 85.7), Indian (83.3; 80.7 to 85.9), Other White British (82.6; 82.3 to 82.9), other White (82.0; 81.3 to 82.8) and White Irish (81; 80.2 to 81.8). Conclusions: Males and females in most of the larger ethnic minority groups in Scotland have longer life expectancies than the majority White Scottish population. | |
dc.format.extent | 4 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | en |
dc.rights | Copyright 2016 The Authors. Open Access. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RA0421 | en |
dc.title | Life expectancy of different ethnic groups using death records linked to population census data for 4.62 million people in Scotland | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Development | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2016-207426 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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