Mortality inequalities are widening in cities across the UK- Death rates in the most deprived areas of cities in England and Scotland have been increasing since the start of the last decade, widening inequalities between the richest and poorest in society. The important new study, led by researchers at the University of Glasgow in collaboration […]
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Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths – first global estimates: The first global analysis of its kind estimates that if every country’s cigarette taxes had met the World Health Organization’s recommendations, around 182,000 newborn deaths could have been averted in 2018. Tobacco use can have direct and indirect effects on children’s health. For example, smoking during […]
Exposing inequities in life expectancy : a surge in people dying in their own homes is ‘deeply worrying,’ risking a chasm in life expectancy between rich and poor: Analysis of ONS data by LCP has highlighted ‘worrying’ high levels of people dying in their own homes from causes other than Covid in England and Wales. […]