International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:257-258
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Socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause and specific-cause mortality in Australia: 19851987 and 19951997
SirsIt is interesting to note that Turrell and Mathers, in their article Socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause and specific-cause mortality in Australia: 19851987 and 19951997' reported that the excess mortality associated with socioeconomic disadvantage of area was greater for females than males.
When one examines the tables, the excess mortality for males in