9 The more recent mortality rates among older adults presented here show higher rates in more deprived areas, but the observation of a significant trend in the opposite direction among children and younger adults may reveal an unexpected phenomenon.
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Persistent variations in national asthma mortality, hospital admissions and prevalence by socioeconomic status and region in England.
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For older age groups, in each of these outcomes there remained a clear trend of increasing asthma deaths, admissions and prevalence with greater relative deprivation.
mc-prop-preprint no pmc-prop-in-epmc yes pmc-license-ref CC BY special-feature unlocked Key messages What is the key question? Do historic variations in asthma outcomes by SES and English region remain despite declines in mortality, admission and prevalence rates? What is the bottom line? Large and highly significant differences in both regional and SES patterns remain and the latter show surprisingly anomalous results in the young.