Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Fact of the Day (2)

Millions of people across England are destined to die nine years earlier than they should - and have their lives blighted by ill-health prematurely - because they are poor.

Women born in the bottom decile expected to die by the time they are 79 years old, seven years earlier than the most affluent at 86.

Men in the most deprived part of the population across England, dubbed the "bottom decile" by statisticians, are set to die before they reach 74 years old – almost a decade earlier than those in the top decile, who can expect to live until they are 83 years old.

The average salary of people in Tower Hamlets is just £11,400. Four in 10 children in the borough live in poverty. Men living in the London borough can expect to start having health problems when just 52 years old – 18 years earlier than those living in the least deprived parts of the country. And boys and girls born in Tower Hamlets have life expectancies below the average for England, destined to die by the ages of 77 and 82 respectively.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/englands-poorest-will-live-nine-years-less-than-the-richest-according-to-stark-new-ons-stats-9621648.html

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