Areas of England with poorest health have higher rates of poverty, report finds

In Nottingham, almost one in 10 people are in bad health and more than a third of the population are economically inactive, statistics show. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

One in four “economically inactive” people live in the 50 local authority areas in England with the highest levels of poor health, research suggests.

The report, published by the Institute for Public Policy and Research (IPPR) Commission on Health and Prosperity, found a “double injustice”, where places with worse health also had lower levels of household income and higher rates of poverty.