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| Life expectancy varies across WHO Europe region by 16 years | | Author(s) | John Zarocostas |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 343, no 7822, 10 September 2011 |
| Pages | p 502 |
| Source | www.bmj.com BMJ2011;343;d5667 |
| Keywords | Life expectancy tables ; Life span ; Ill health ; Europe. |
| Annotation | In Europe, male life expectancy at birth varies by 20 years between countries in the region, while for women the difference is 12 years. This short article draws attention to the findings of a World Health Organization (WHO) study led by Michael Marmot, 'The interim second report on social determinants of health and the health divide in the WHO European Region'. The global economic downturn is likely to exacerbate health inequality. The study is part of WHO's Europe health 2020 strategy, and comments on the need to deal with problems in relation to the continent's ageing population. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111117106 A |
| Classmark | S7: BG6: CH: 74 * |
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