Health Statistics Quarterly

The OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS (ONS) is the largest producer of official statistics to government. ONS is responsible for producing a wide range of key economic and social statistics which are used by policy makers across government to create evidence-based policies and monitor performance against them. The Office also builds and maintains data sources both for itself and for its business and research customers. It makes statistics available so that everyone can easily assess the state of the nation, the performance of government, and their own position.

IN BRIEF FEATURE ARTICLES Intercensal denominators - feasibility of using the Labour Force Survey to estimate mortality rates by NS-SEC Inequalities in healthy life expectancy by social class and area type: England, 2001--03 Inequalities in disability-free life expectancy by social class and area type: England, 2001--03 Update to the methodology used to calculate health expectancies for the UK and constituent countries Quantifying the contribution of leading causes of death to mortality decline among older people in England, 1991--2005 TABLES