BMJ : British medical journal
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Multicenter Study
Inequalities in premature mortality in Britain: observational study from 1921 to 2007.
To report on the extent of inequality in premature mortality as measured between geographical areas in Britain. ⋯ Inequalities in premature mortality between areas of Britain continued to rise steadily during the first decade of the 21st century. The last time in the long economic record that inequalities were almost as high was in the lead up to the economic crash of 1929 and the economic depression of the 1930s. The economic crash of 2008 might precede even greater inequalities in mortality between areas in Britain.