Life Expectancy at birth by social class England and Wales
selected years (from Health Statistics Quarterly 02, tables 1&5)
Men
Social Class
Occupation Type
1972-76
1977-81
1982-86
1987-91
1992-6
I
Professional
72
74.7
75.1
76.7
77.7
II
Managerial/
Intermediate
71.7
72.4
73.8
74.4
75.8
IIIN
Skilled non-manual
69.5
70.8
72.2
73.5
75
IIIM
Skilled manual
69.8
70
71.4
72.4
73.5
IV
Partly skilled
68.4
68.8
70.6
70.4
72.6
V
Unskilled
66.5
67
67.7
67.9
68.2
All men
All men
69.2
70
71.4
72.3
73.9
Difference SCI-SCV
5.5
7.7
7.4
8.8
9.5