A Life cut short
Money matters. The availability of money is closely linked to how long people live.
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A Life cut short
Money matters. The availability of money is closely linked to how long people live.
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A Life cut short
Money matters. The availability of money is closely linked to how long people live.
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What does ‘healthy life expectancy’ mean?
It’s the number of years a person can expect to live before developing an incapacitating or terminal illness.
What about full life expectancy?
In wealthy areas men live to 83 and women to 86 on average. That’s 11-14 years of incapacity. In the most deprived areas men live to 74 and women to 78. That’s 22-26 years of incapacity.
What causes this huge difference?
Deprivation and social neglect start with childhood, and accumulate over the course of a life. People in deprived areas need much more support, which places a bigger strain on social resources. It’s a vicious circle in which poverty and deprivation are self-reinforcing.
If deprived areas get wealthier, do wealthier areas get poorer?
No, this is not a zero sum game. Building resilience in poorer communities reinforces the resilience of everyone else. To achieve this, however, economic policymaking needs to start at the bottom, not at the top.
What does ‘healthy life expectancy’ mean?
It’s the number of years a person can expect to live before developing an incapacitating or terminal illness.
What about full life expectancy?
In wealthy areas men live to 83 and women to 86 on average. That’s 11-14 years of incapacity. In the most deprived areas men live to 74 and women to 78. That’s 22-26 years of incapacity.
What causes this huge difference?
Deprivation and social neglect start with childhood, and accumulate over the course of a life. People in deprived areas need much more support, which places a bigger strain on social resources. It’s a vicious circle in which poverty and deprivation are self-reinforcing.
If deprived areas get wealthier, do wealthier areas get poorer?
No, this is not a zero sum game. Building resilience in poorer communities reinforces the resilience of everyone else. To achieve this, however, economic policymaking needs to start at the bottom, not at the top.
What does ‘healthy life expectancy’ mean?
It’s the number of years a person can expect to live before developing an incapacitating or terminal illness.
What about full life expectancy?
In wealthy areas men live to 83 and women to 86 on average. That’s 11-14 years of incapacity. In the most deprived areas men live to 74 and women to 78. That’s 22-26 years of incapacity.
What causes this huge difference?
Deprivation and social neglect start with childhood, and accumulate over the course of a life. People in deprived areas need much more support, which places a bigger strain on social resources. It’s a vicious circle in which poverty and deprivation are self-reinforcing.
If deprived areas get wealthier, do wealthier areas get poorer?
No, this is not a zero sum game. Building resilience in poorer communities reinforces the resilience of everyone else. To achieve this, however, economic policymaking needs to start at the bottom, not at the top.