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Age standardised mortality rates were calculated directly by social class and marital status. SETTING--The data relate to all cases of carcinoma of the cervix reported in England and Wales in the years studied. MAIN RESULTS--There was a marked convergence of mortality between single and married women over the period within every social class grouping examined. The social class differential, however, remained essentially unchanged for both single and married women considered separately. CONCLUSIONS--Trends in mortality by marital status appear to reflect accurately the changes in the pattern of marriage and sexual behaviour that have taken place in the post-war period, whereas the patterns of other risk and protective factors such as screening explain these trends less well. 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