UK shows what not to do to tackle health inequalities, says Marmot

UK shows what not to do to tackle health inequalities says Marmot
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More than a million people outside the wealthiest areas of England lived shorter lives than they should have between 2011 and the start of the pandemic, a new report from the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) has found.1

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The report analysed the life expectancy of people across England who do not live in the wealthiest 10% of areas using published Office for National Statistics data on excess deaths in the decade from 2011.

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They found that between 2011 and 2019, 1 062 334 people died more prematurely than they would have done if they had lived in the wealthiest areas. Of these, the report estimates that 148 000 were attributable to the …



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