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. 2006 Aug;60(8):686–693. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.041889

Table 2 Multiple regression models—life expectancy 2000–2002 regressed on deprivation (Townsend score 1991), ONS family* and region†.

Model‡ Male life expectancy Female life expectancy
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
Deprivation ONS family Region Deprivation and ONS family Deprivation and region Deprivation and ONS family and region Deprivation ONS family Region Deprivation and ONS family Deprivation and region Deprivation and ONS family and region
Constant 76.321 74.200 74.488 75.695 75.137 75.124 80.882 79.206 79.364 80.127 79.778 79.647
Coefficients:
Townsend score −0.324 −0.350 −0.339 −0.351 −0.207 −0.215 −0.216 −0.222
ONS family
 Rural Areas 3.186 0.853 0.370 2.653 1.217 0.730
 Urban Fringe 1.981 0.388 −0.001 1.457 0.476 0.100
 Coast and Services 1.607 0.456 0.010 1.490 0.781 0.362
 Prosperous England 3.489 0.896 0.319 2.600 1.003 0.433
 Mining, Manufacturing and Industry 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Education Centres and Outer London 1.925 1.694 0.745 1.785 1.643 0.931
 Inner London 0.362 2.550 1.580 1.153 2.500 1.828
Region
 East 2.520 1.461 1.282 2.040 1.366 1.140
 East Midlands 1.550 0.811 0.701 1.147 0.676 0.569
 London 1.237 2.360 1.554 1.414 2.130 1.223
 North East 0.231 0.615 0.636 0.120 0.365 0.439
 North West 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 South East 2.633 1.532 1.325 2.130 1.428 1.170
 South West 2.595 1.575 1.383 2.263 1.613 1.262
 West Midlands 0.894 0.845 0.792 0.948 0.917 0.885
 Yorkshire and Humberside 0.899 0.943 0.919 0.785 0.813 0.776
R2 0.623 0.614 0.350 0.773 0.808 0.833 0.413 0.563 0.377 0.660 0.678 0.737

*Mining, Manufacturing and Industry family is the reference family. †North West is the reference region. ‡Regression models for each factor in isolation (models 1–3), and for deprivation with ONS family and/or region (models 4–6).