A new model for forecasting mortality rates found that British men could live 12 years longer than previously predicted.
Source: Press release 26 November 2007, Pensions Institute/City University (020 7040 8600)
Links: Pensions Institute press release
Date: 2007-Nov
A report said that variations in life expectancy among social classes persisted, according to new data derived from the ONS Longitudinal Study for the period 2002-2005. Although life expectancy had risen for all social classes over the previous 30 years, people in professional occupations had the longest expectation of life, and people in unskilled manual occupations had the shortest expectation of life.
Source: Trends in Life Expectancy by Social Class 1972-2005, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: Report | ONS press release | BBC report
Date: 2007-Oct
An article presented proposed changes in the methods used to estimate life expectancy by social class using the ONS Longitudinal Study.
Source: Brian Johnson and Louisa Blackwell, 'Review of methods for estimating life expectancy by social class using the ONS Longitudinal Study', Health Statistics Quarterly 35, Autumn 2007, Office for National Statistics, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Article
Date: 2007-Aug
A discussion paper examined data on the life expectancy of men aged 65 from England and Wales over 20-year periods up to 1982, 1992, and 2002. The upward sloping trends provided convincing confirmation of the uncertainty attached to longevity improvements. Upper confidence bounds for life expectancy were increased substantially.
Source: David Blake, Andrew Cairns and Kevin Dowd, Facing up to the Uncertainty of Life: The longevity fan charts, Pensions Institute/City University (020 7040 8600)
Links: Discussion paper
Date: 2007-Jan