title: Our health--better or worse? Findings for 'The Health of Adult Britain 1841-1994'.
abstract: In the first review to cover all available sources of health data, a recently published ONS report charts the changes in the health of the British population aged 15 and over between 1841 and 1994. The Health of Adult Britain, which comprises two volumes of expert contributions edited by John Charlton and Mike Murphy, describes and proposes explanations for the substantial changes that have taken place. The World Health Organisation's broad definition of health was used: 'Health is a state of complete physical, social and mental well being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity'. This review highlights a few of the major findings.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D011159:Population Surveillance; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology