Mortality and Geography : A Review in the Mid-1980's

Important to the system of vital statistics since 1838 has been analyses of variations in death rates attributed to various diseases by area of residence.

This book brings together not only the traditional analyses of mortality for administrative areas of England and Wales around the time of the latest census, but also research using other data-sets such as the OPCS longitudinal study.

It also looks at the morality patterns of migrants, in particular immigrants from beyond the UK, and mortality rates are considered by place of birth as opposed to the usual address.