Health expert urges action to tackle England´s `flatlining´ life expectancy
(WorldNews Health)

“Flatlining� life expectancy and worsening health inequalities over the past 10 years have led an expert to declare a “lost� decade in England. Professor Sir Michael Marmot said the rise in life expectancy had “slowed dramatically� since 2010, while health inequalities were widening between the most and least deprived parts of the country. The new report, Health Equity In England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On, found life expectancy in men had risen by about half a year from 79.01 in 2010-12 to 79.56 in 2016-18, while in women it rose by about a third of a year from 82.83 to 83.18 during the same period. Prof Marmot said this compared to life expectancy...