Publisher:
Public Health Scotland
Alternative Published Date
2022
Category:
Type of Resource:
Report
Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)
57pp
Fast Facts
Specifically, we want to see life expectancy in Scotland start to improve again. We
want to see the difference in life expectancy between the poorest and wealthiest
areas get smaller
More details
People in Scotland die younger than any other country in Western Europe. People in
our poorest neighbourhoods die more than a decade before their neighbours in the
wealthiest neighbourhoods. Poverty, poor-quality housing, low-paid work, unhealthy
environments, vaccine-preventable and infectious diseases, access to services and
unstable jobs all impact on people’s physical and mental health. Life expectancy has
not improved since 2012 and healthy life expectancy is declining
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