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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Ian Jones

Deprivation and ethnicity behind ‘considerable’ inequality in premature death

There is a “clear association” between where you live and your risk of dying prematurely, with factors such as deprivation and ethnicity accounting for much of the difference across local areas, a new study has found.

Education, occupation and whether someone was born in the UK are also likely to contribute to the sharp contrasts that are evident around the country.

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