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Rises in UK life expectancy levelling off

18-Jul-2017

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Life expectancy has been rising for decades, but has recently slowed.

We were living an extra 2-3 months for every year passed.

'Entirely possible' austerity is affecting how long people live.

Other countries, such as Hong Kong, continue to see consistent rises.

COMMENT: looking at the graph its about to go negative this year

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Institute of Health Equity (IHE)

Established by UCL to develop and support approaches to health equity

Michael Marmot

Professor of Epidemiology at University College London.

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