Measuring Inequalities - Trends in mortality and life expectancy in Wales (2011)

Key Messages

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This publication examines the gap between outcome measures in the most deprived and the least deprived in Wales, within each local authority and health board area and over time.  Most of the measures presented, including healthy life expectancy  and disability-free life expectancy, have been produced for the first time at the local level and by deprivation fifths. It presents vital new evidence to improve understanding of inequalities at the local level.

The publication consists of:

• The main Wales profile (.pdf, 1.9MB), which investigates inequalities at the Wales level in more detail including summaries of some local patterns
• 22 individual local authority profiles (see below), which contain the main charts and information to examine inequalities locally
• The technical guide (.pdf, 0.7MB), which provides further guidance on the interpretation of the measures, their limitations, the method and data sources used
• The main data files used in the profiles and additional data at health board level.

• A summary of the data from the profiles for every health board and Wales is available in Powerpoint format (see below).

Access The Data

Spreadsheets containing the data to support the inequalities work are summarised below. Data are presented for Wales, health board and in most cases local authority of residence. It is recommended that these spreadsheets are used in conjunction with the main Wales profile (.pdf) and the twenty-two individual local authority profiles. Supporting information is available from the technical guide (.pdf).

Life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy data

 Comparison of life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy at birth 2001-05 and 2005-09 with inequality gap (.xls). Charts included in Wales (page 9), and Local Authority profiles (page 1). Also available at Health Board level

 Summary of life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy at birth (.xls), included in Wales profile (Tables 1 & 2 on pages 12 & 13)

 Life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy by fifths (.xls), provides further investigation of the data by fifths; available at Wales, Health Board and Local Authority level

 Life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy, ranked by local authority and health board (.xls), compares these indicators between local authorities and health boards

 

Mortality Data

 Main causes (.xls), includes all-cause mortality (all age and under 75s), mortality from circulatory disease, cancers and respiratory disease (all age); available at the Wales, Health Board and Local Authority level

 Alcohol-attributable and alcohol related mortality (.xls); available at the Wales and Health Board level

 Smoking-attributable mortality (aged 35 and over) (.xls); available at the Wales, Health Board and Local Authority level (corrected June 2012)

 

WIMD fifths data

 Comparison of Wales and local authority WIMD fifths (.xls); included on page 4 of the local authority profiles.