The influence of individual socioeconomic status and area deprivation on cause-specific mortality in England

Introduction Despite decreasing mortality rates across all socio-economic groups, social inequalities in mortality increased in England from 2001-08. The extent of inequality by social class across different levels of area deprivation is unclear. This is important as not all low social class individuals live in deprived areas. We examine mortality for individual social class in combination with area based deprivation, to determine social class gradients for each quintile of deprivation. Methods Social class was measured …