Socioeconomic deprivation, urban-rural location and alcohol-related mortality in England and Wales

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Distribution of alcohol-related deaths (1999-2003) and population (2001) by age, sex, socioeconomic deprivation and urban-rural morphology in England and Wales.

	Alcohol-related deaths	Proportion of alcohol-related deaths (%)	Population	Proportion of population (%)
Age (years)
Males
<15	4	0.02	5035663	19.69
15-24	81	0.43	3231330	12.64
25-44	3727	19.91	7638862	29.87
45-64	10228	54.65	6158513	24.08
65-79	3916	20.92	2785671	10.89
80+	760	4.06	724219	2.83
Total	18716	100.00	25574258	100.00
Females
<15	2	0.02	4795708	17.90
15-24	22	0.22	3156103	11.78
25-44	1880	18.57	7713420	28.80
45-64	5019	49.58	6288812	23.48
65-79	2493	24.63	3346180	12.49
80+	707	6.98	1485497	5.55
Total	10123	100.00	26785720	100.00
Socioeconomic deprivation quintile
Males
1 - least deprived	2082	11.12	5131382	20.06
2	2719	14.53	5104533	19.96
3	3510	18.75	5092958	19.91
4	4478	23.93	5102748	19.95
5 - most deprived	5927	31.67	5142637	20.11
Total	18716	100.00	25574258	100.00
Females
1 - least deprived	1404	13.87	5334961	19.92
2	1677	16.57	5366494	20.03
3	1993	19.69	5384588	20.10
4	2409	23.80	5368947	20.04
5 - most deprived	2640	26.08	5330730	19.90
Total	10123	100.00	26785720	100.00
Urban-rural morphology
Males
Village, hamlet and isolated dwelling	958	5.12	2371452	9.27
Town and fringe	1497	8.00	2611270	10.21
Urban	16261	86.88	20591536	80.52
Total	18716	100.00	25574258	100.00
Females
Village, hamlet and isolated dwelling	673	6.65	2413067	9.01
Town and fringe	929	9.18	2738839	10.22
Urban	8521	84.17	21633814	80.77
Total	10123	100.00	26785720	100.00

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