People in the North are seeing their life expectancy plummet... and it won't change till 2080
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe north faces decades of lower healthy life expectancy compared with the south east - and things might not change until 2080 - the authors of a new study say.
The Institute for Public Policy Research North (IPPR) found it will be more than 50 years before the gap in healthy life expectancy – defined as the average number of years a person can expect to live in good health – really changes.
By 2030, 'the number of years you can expect to live in good health in the north and Midlands would be two and a half years shorter than the south and three and a half years shorter than in London', the study found. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go “The worst-performing region, the north east, is also on course for a decline across both male and female groups.
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