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Life Expectancy at birth by social class England and Wales
selected years (from Health Statistics Quarterly 02, tables 1&5)
Women
Social Class Occupation Type 1972-6 1977-81 1982-6 1987-91 1992-6
I Professional 79.2 79.9 80.4 80.9 83.4
II Managerial/
Intermediate
77 78.1 78.5 80 81.1
IIIN Skilled non-manual 78 78.1 78.6 79.4 80.4
IIIM Skilled manual 75.1 76.1 77.1 77.6 78.8
IV Partly skilled 75 76.1 77.3 77 77.7
V Unskilled 73.9 74.9 75.3 76.2 77
All women All women 75.1 76.3 77.1 77.9 79.3
Difference SCI-SCII   5.3 5 5.1 4.7 6.4