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Table 1 Difference in mean IMD Income levels and long term limiting illness (LLTI)

From: Practice postcode versus patient population: a comparison of data sources in England and Scotland

Decile

 

England

Deciles based on

practice postcode

assigned values

Scotland

Deciles based on

practice postcode

assigned values

Scotland

Deciles based on

practice population

assigned values

  

Mean income score

Mean income score

Mean income score

Least deprived decile

1

2.9

2.8

4.9

 

2

5.0

5.6

7.7

 

3

6.8

7.8

9.7

 

4

8.7

10.0

11.2

 

5

10.8

12.1

13.0

 

6

13.2

15.1

15.0

 

7

16.3

18.7

17.1

 

8

20.7

22.7

19.4

 

9

27.4

27.8

22.0

Most deprived decile

10

40.7

42.5

31.1

Ratio most:least deprived

14.0

14.0

6.3

  

Mean LLTI score

Mean LLTI score

Mean LLTI score

Lowest LLTI decile

1

47.1

43.6

64.5

 

2

65.3

59.2

75.3

 

3

75.4

68.9

82.0

 

4

83.5

78.7

88.4

 

5

93.1

88.4

94.1

 

6

98.2

98.5

100.1

 

7

107.3

111.3

106.7

 

8

121.4

125.8

112.8

 

9

140.3

144.7

123.0

Highest LLTI decile

10

177.2

184.5

143.3

Ratio highest:lowest LLTI

3.8

4.2

2.2

  1. Mean income score: % of patients receiving state benefits on the basis of low income. The higher the reported score, the more income deprived the practice population is.
  2. Mean LLTI score: age-sex standardised ratio for limiting long-term illness. The higher the ratio, the greater the level of ill-health in the practice population.