Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 years on report

he report, which was commissioned by the Health Foundation, highlights:

• People can expect to spend more of their lives in poor health
• Improvements to life expectancy have stalled, and declined for the poorest 10% of women
• The health gap has grown between wealthy and deprived areas
• Place matters – living in a deprived area of the North East is worse for your health than living in a similarly deprived area in London, to the extent that life expectancy is nearly five years less.