Monday, November 26, 2018

In England, Gap in Life Expectancy Between Rich and Poor Widens

The life expectancy gap between England’s most affluent and most deprived sectors of society has widened significantly between 2001 and 2016, particularly among women, according to a new study published in the journal Lancet Public Health.

The researchers from Imperial College London, who say the findings reflect a “deeply worrying” trend, analyzed data from the Office for National Statistics on all deaths recorded in England between 2001 and 2016, 7.65 million deaths in total.

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