20/10/26
Health equity in Scotland
Within the UK, health in Scotland is worse than in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, a steep social gradient exists: the more deprived the area, the worse people’s health. The gap in life expectancy between the most and the least deprived areas is 13.6 years for women and 16.3 for men. The gap in healthy life expectancy is even bigger.
To read the full Opinion piece Health equity in Scotland in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) by Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Dr. Jessica Allen, please follow the link below:
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