Citation

Jarman B, Aylin P. Br. Med. J. BMJ 2004; 329(7479): 1367.

Affiliation

Dr Foster Unit, Imperial College.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1367

PMID

15591562

PMCID

PMC535447

Abstract

The variation of health outcomes between ethnic groups is not easy to determine in the UK because ethnicity is not recorded on death certificates and is poorly recorded in hospital records. To better tackle health inequalities, more health data need to be categorised by ethnic group. Data on mortality by race are available for the United States. We compared mortality data for England and Wales with those for the United States and assessed their variation with race and age group.