scotPHO introduction:
  Amenable Mortality
  Deaths
  Introduction
  Data
  Key data sources
Key references
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Deaths: key references


Note. The are too many relevant publications on mortality in Scotland and the UK to list here. The following is merely a very small selection. Other useful papers/reports are cited in some of the documents listed below.

Dorling, D. Death in Britain: How local mortality rates have changed 1950s-1990s. Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 1997

Leon, D. Scotland's health in an international context. Public Health Institute of Scotland, 2003.

McLoone P. Increasing mortality among adults in Scotland 1981-1999. European Journal of Public Health, 2003.

Hanlon P et al. Chasing The Scottish Effect. Why Scotland needs a step-change in health if it is to catch up with the rest of Europe.PDF Button (600KB). Public Health Institute of Scotland, 2001.

Hanlon P et al. Why is mortality higher in Scotland than in England & Wales? Decreasing influence of socioeconomic deprivation between 1981 and 2001 supports the existence of a 'Scottish Effect'.PDF Button (100KB). Journal of Public Health, 2005; vol 27, no. 2, pp 199-204.

Fitzpatrick J et al. Geographic Inequalities in Mortality in the United Kingdom during the 1990s. London: ONS Health Statistics Quarterly 07, Autumn 2000.

Chalmers J,  Capewell S. Deprivation, disease and death in Scotland: graphical display of survival of a cohort. BMJ, 2001; 323; 967-968.

Watt GCM, Ecob R. Analysis of falling mortality rates in Edinburgh & Glasgow. Journal of Public Health Medicine, 2000; vol 22, no. 3, pp 330-336.