Second study supports results of Whitehall study after retirement

Editor—M G Marmot and Martin J Shipley's finding of persistent socioeconomic differences in mortality among male civil servants beyond retirement ages has evident implications for social policy issues.1 We present corroborative evidence from the longitudinal study of the Office for National Statistics. Whereas the Whitehall study is based on a sample of civil servants, the longitudinal study is a study of …