§ Mr. FlightTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the mortality rates are at age 55 to 60 years, broken down by(a) class, (b) sex and (c) socio-economic ranking. [2797]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Howard Flight, dated 10 July 2001:
The National Statistician has asked me to reply to your recent question asking for the mortality rates at age 55 to 60 years broken down by (a) class, (b) sex and (c) socio-economic ranking. I am replying in his absence. (2797)I refer you to the answer given to Parliamentary Question 161050, which as indicated by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 11 May in Official Report. column 435, was given in private correspondence. A copy of this letter was placed in the House of Commons library. The table below repeats this information.(a) The table shows age-specific mortality rates for the three year period 1991–93 for men in England and Wales aged 55–59, by social class. Similar data are not available for women, because the occupation of women recorded at death is less reliable than for men. More recent figures by social class are not available, 499W because calculation of rates depends on knowing the size of the relevant population groups, which is currently only available from the 1991 Census.
Death rates by social class for the three year period 1991–93, England and Wales Social class Deaths per 100,000 male population I (Professional) 2,057 II (Managerial and Technical) 2,148 IIIN (Skilled Non-Manual) 2,975 IIIM (Skilled Manual) 3,521 IV (Partly Skilled) 3,491 V (Unskilled) 5,534 All classes 2,966 Source:
Drever F, Whitehead M (eds). Health Inequalities. Decennial Supplement 15. London: The Stationery Office 1997
The annual age specific mortality rate for all classes in 1999 for males aged 55–59 was 828 and for females, 407.
(b) Social class based on occupation is the only socio-economic classification routinely used for the analysis of mortality.
§ Mr. FlightTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average life expectancy is for those aged 60 years, broken down by(a) class, (b) sex and (c) socio-economic classification. [2798]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Howard Flight, dated 10 July 2001:
The National Statistician has asked me to reply to your recent question asking for the average life expectancy of those aged 60 by (a) class, (b) sex and (c) socio-economic classification. (2798)500W
£000 Gross control area—Class/Departments Final RC limit Final outturn Final R/C under/over Class I Department for Education and Employment 1,050,454 1,027,011 23,443 Financed by the windfall tax 163,896 125,269 38,627 Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England 34,226 33,497 729 Class II Department of Health 280,333 275,600 4,733 Class III Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 671,812 659,647 12,165 Health and Safety Executive 170,898 167,379 3,519 Office of Passenger Rail Franchising 12,577 10,823 1,754 Office of Water Services 11,591 10,860 731 Office of the Rail Regulators 12,241 11,045 1,196 Class IV Home Office 2,136,812 2,044,836 91,976 Financed by the windfall tax 163 137 26 Charity Commission 19,979 19,531 448 Class V Lord Chancellor's Departments 525,370 503,694 21,676 Northern Ireland Court Service 30,639 29,595 1,044 Public Record Office 28,750 26,426 2,324 Crown Prosecution Service 228,121 227,004 1,117 Serious Fraud Office 11,224 11,630 594 These figures are not available by social class for those aged 60. The table below shows the life expectancy at age 65 for men and women in England and Wales based on data from the ONS Longitudinal Study (LS) for the five years 1992–96. The ONS Longitudinal Study is a one per cent sample of the population of England and Wales.
Life expectancy by social class in the ONS Longitudinal Study, 1992–96, England and Wales Life expectancy at age 65 (years) Social Class Males Females I (Professional) 16.8 20.8 II (Managerial and Technical) 15.5 19.5 IIIN (Skilled Non-Manual 15.1 18.9 HIM (Skilled Manual) 14.2 17.9 IV (Partly Skilled) 13.8 17.1 V (Unskilled) 12.6 16.4 All LS sample 14.6 18.0 Source:
Hattersley L. Trends in life expectancy by social class—an update.
Health Statistics Quarterly No. 2. London: The Stationery Office 1999.
Figures on life expectancy by gender for the years 1997–99 have been produced by the Government Actuary's Department. Life expectancy in England and Wales for men aged 60 was 19.1 years and for women aged 60 it was 22.8 years.
Social class based on occupation is the only socio-economic classification currently used for the analysis of life expectancy.