Bajekal Madhavi
Office for National Statistics.
Health Stat Q. 2005 Spring(25):18-27.
This article examines the magnitude of inequalities in health by area deprivation using two composite indices of health expectancy, one based on a subjective assessment of general health status (healthy life expectancy) and the second on reported limiting longstanding illness (disability-free life expectancy). Trends in healthy life expectancy by deprivation for the period 1994-1999 were also examined. Results show that males and females living in the most deprived wards spend twice as many years in poor health, both in absolute (years of life) and relative (proportion of life) terms, than those living in the least deprived wards. There was no change in the healthy life expectancy gap between the most and least deprived areas over the study period.
本文使用两个健康预期综合指数，通过地区贫困程度来研究健康方面不平等的程度，其中一个指数基于对总体健康状况的主观评估（健康预期寿命），另一个基于报告的长期限制性疾病（无残疾预期寿命）。同时还研究了1994 - 1999年期间按贫困程度划分的健康预期寿命趋势。结果表明，生活在最贫困病房的男性和女性，无论在绝对（生命年数）还是相对（生命比例）方面，健康状况不佳的年数是生活在最不贫困病房者的两倍。在研究期间，最贫困地区和最不贫困地区之间的健康预期寿命差距没有变化。
