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Life expectancy for people of all social classes has increased but differences for different social groups remain. In 1997-9 a professional woman could expect to live an average of 5.7 years longer than an unskilled woman, whilst the equivalent gap for men was 7.4 years.
Death rates from circulatory diseases (people under 75) and accidents have halved since the 1970s and death rates from cancer and suicides have fallen during and since the 1990s. However overall healthy life expectancy has not increased to the same extent as life expectancy so a higher proportion of extra years of life are spent in poor health.| Ref No | Indicator | QOLC 1999 | QOLC Updated Assessment | ||||
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| H6 | Health: Expected years of healthy life (headline) | |
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| F1 | Death rates from cancer, circulatory disease, accidents and suicides | |
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| F2 | Respiratory illness | |
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| F3 | Health inequalities | Life expectancy for women | |
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| Life expectancy for men | |
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| F4 | NHS hospital waiting lists | |
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