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Glasgow Live
Glasgow Live
National
Keiran Fleming

Fears 'Glasgow Effect' mortality rate could worsen in impact of last few years

An expert from Glasgow Centre for Population Health is concerned by the impact that the last few years could have had on the city's mortality rate.

The city has an overwhelmingly worse mortality rate than the rest of the UK. This issue used to be commonly referred to as the 'Glasgow Effect.'

It was a problem many assumed was unexplainable, but Dr David Walsh uncovered the issues plaguing the city and now wants the term banished.

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