Table.

Standardised mortality ratios and change in these ratios for people aged 0-64 years by percentage of Labour vote in 1997. Parliamentary constituencies were ranked by percentage of Labour vote and divided into 10 equal population groups

Tenth	Labour vote (% of all 1997 voters)	Standardised mortality ratio		Change (%)	Change in absolute mortality (%)
		1995-6	1998-9
First	72	126	127	1.1	−2.2
Second	64	120	124	3.9	0.5
Third	59	113	115	2.3	−0.6
Fourth	55	108	110	2.1	−0.8
Fifth	51	103	105	2.0	−0.8
Sixth	46	97	98	0.3	−2.8
Seventh	39	89	89	0.7	−2.4
Eighth	30	85	85	0.6	−1.9
Ninth	22	81	81	−0.4	−3.4
Tenth	14	86	84	−2.0	−4.9
Great Britain*	44	101	101	0.8	−1.8

^*Standardised mortality ratios for Great Britain are 101 because the rates used for standardisation are for England and Wales and rates are higher in Scotland.