TY - JOUR T1 - Life expectancy of different ethnic groups using death records linked to population census data for 4.62 million people in Scotland JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health SP - 1251 LP - 1254 DO - 10.1136/jech-2016-207426 VL - 70 IS - 12 AU - Laurence Gruer AU - Geneviève Cézard AU - Esta Clark AU - Anne Douglas AU - Markus Steiner AU - Andrew Millard AU - Duncan Buchanan AU - Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi AU - Aziz Sheikh AU - Raj Bhopal Y1 - 2016/12/01 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/70/12/1251.abstract N2 - Background Few countries record the data needed to estimate life expectancy by ethnic group. Such information is helpful in assessing the extent of health inequality.Method Life tables were created using 3 years of deaths (May 2001–April 2004) linked to Scottish 2001 Census data for 4.62 million individuals with self-reported ethnicity. We created 8 ethnic groups based on the census definitions, each with at least 5000 individuals and 40 deaths. Life expectancy at birth was calculated using the revised Chiang method.Results The life expectancy of White Scottish males at birth was 74.7 years (95% CI 74.6 to 74.8), similar to Mixed Background (73.0; 70.2 to 75.8) and White Irish (75.0; 74.0 to 75.9), but shorter than Indian (80.9; 78.4 to 83.4), Pakistani (79.3; 76.9 to 81.6), Chinese (79.0; 76.5 to 81.5), Other White British (78.9; 78.6 to 79.2) and Other White (77.2; 76.4 to 78.1). The life expectancy of White Scottish females was 79.4 years (79.3 to 79.5), similar to mixed background (79.3; 76.6 to 82.0), but shorter than Pakistani (84.6; 82.0 to 87.3), Chinese (83.4; 81.1 to 85.7), Indian (83.3; 80.7 to 85.9), Other White British (82.6; 82.3 to 82.9), other White (82.0; 81.3 to 82.8) and White Irish (81; 80.2 to 81.8).Conclusions Males and females in most of the larger ethnic minority groups in Scotland have longer life expectancies than the majority White Scottish population. ER -