Is there a north-south divide in social class inequalities in health in Great Britain?
Doran T; Drever F; Whitehead M Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GB. timdoran@liverpool.ac.uk OBJECTIVE: To examine individual social class inequalities in self rated general health within and between the constituent countries of Great Britain and the regions of England. DESIGN: Cross sectional study using data from the 2001 national census. SETTING: Great Britain. PARTICIPANTS: Adults aged between 25 and 64 in Great Britain and enumerated in the 2001 population census (n = 25.6 million). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: European age standardised rates of self rated general health, for men and women classified by the government social class scheme. RESULTS: In each of the seven social classes, Wales and the North East and North West regions of England had high rates of poor health. There were large social class inequalities in self rated health, with rates of poor health generally increasing from class 1 (higher professional occupations) to class 7 (routine occ
