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Women in England’s poorest areas die younger than in most OECD countries, figures show
‘This is a shaming indictment of a Tory government that has absolutely no moral compass,’ Labour's Andy McDonald says

FIGURES showing that women in England’s poorest areas die younger than others in comparable countries are a “shaming indictment of a Tory government that lacks a moral compass,” Labour’s left charged today.

Millions of women living in the most deprived locations can expect to live an average of 78.7 years — almost eight years fewer than those in the wealthiest parts, according to independent charity the Health Foundation.

That figure is worse than the average life expectancy for women in nearly all 38 of the richer nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD), Mexico being the only exception at an average 77.9 years. 

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