http://ije.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/30/2/240

Cause-specific information on socioeconomic differences in health is necessary for a rational public health policy. At the local level, the Municipal Health Service studies these differences in order to support the authorities in policy making. Methods Mortality data of the under 65 age group in The Hague were analyzed (1982-1991) at residential area level. Causes of death with a high socioeconomic gradient among males were: homicide, chronic liver disease, 'other' external causes of injury, diabetes, bronchitis, emphysema and asthma, and motor vehicle accidents; and among females: diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, 'other' diseases of the circulatory system, signs, symptoms and ill-defined conditions, malignant neoplasm of cervix, and 'other' diseases.(Sign-in/subscription is necessary for full-text))