Table 1.

Health indicators for UK countries

	England		Scotland		Wales		Northern Ireland
Indicator	1996-7	2002-3	1996-7	2002-3	1996-7	2002-3	1996-7	2002-3
Standardised mortality ratio:
Men	98	98	119	119	102	102	109	102
Women	98	98	116	113	102	104	108	102
Life expectancy (years):
Men	74.5	76.2	72.2	73.5	73.9	75.6	73.8	75.6
Women	79.6	80.7	77.9	78.9	79.1	80.2	79.2	80.4
Perinatal mortality/1000	8.7	8.3	9.2	7.6	7.5	7.7	9.4	8.9
Infant mortality/1000	6.1	5.2	6.2	5.3	5.6	4.5	5.8	4.7
Proportion reporting illness (%):
Longstanding illness	35	35	33	31	38	38	34	36
Limiting longstanding illness	22	21	21	18	26	24	25	26