Have we learned to count yet? A health services perspective on the 2001 census |
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Authors: | Tom Hennell |
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Institution: | Regional Public Health Group, Department of Health, Government Office North West, Manchester M1 4BE Email: |
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Abstract: | English health services require reliable population denominators to guide equitable sharing of resources. 2001 census counts for England are compared with the corresponding 2000-base projections for 2001, both at the national scale and for individual local authorities and also with corresponding 1996-base projections. Comparison is made with the 2001 census for Northern Ireland. National patterns of variation predominantly may be explained by mis-estimation of international out-migration, but local patterns of variation may be more specifically related to mis-estimation of international in-migration. This suggests two distinct patterns of systematic error in official UK migration statistics between 1991 and 2001. |
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Keywords: | England census variation health migration equity |
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