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