VARIOUS: Why living in the north raises the risk of dying: Chance of death before the age of 75 rises by a FIFTH if you live in one of five regions

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Northerners are dying younger than their counterparts in the South.

A major study found their risk of death before the age of 75 was 20 per cent higher.

Researchers at the University of Manchester said the results told ‘a tale of two Englands’.

Period7 Aug 2017 → 9 Aug 2017

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Media coverage

  • TitleBBC Radio 5 Live: North South Health Divide
    Media name/outletBBC Radio 5 Live
    Media typeRadio
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date9/08/17
    PersonsEvangelos (Evan) Kontopantelis
  • TitleNorth South health divide
    Media name/outletSky News
    Media typeTelevision
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date9/08/17
    DescriptionInterview on Sky News
    PersonsEvangelos (Evan) Kontopantelis
  • TitleCHANNEL FOUR NEWS: North South health Divide
    Media name/outletChannel 4
    Media typeTelevision
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date8/08/17
    DescriptionProfessor Iain Buchan from the University of Manchester, the man behind research looking at young deaths in the North of England, and MP Luciana Berger discuss the North-South divide.

    Two links:
    https://www.channel4.com/news/luciana-berger-north-south-health-divide-is-a-burning-injustice
    https://www.channel4.com/news/study-north-england-die-young
    URLhttps://www.channel4.com/news/luciana-berger-north-south-health-divide-is-a-burning-injustice
    PersonsIain Buchan
  • TitleBBC 6/10 News and Newsnight: North South Health Divide
    Media name/outletBBC One/Two
    Media typeTelevision
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date8/08/17
    DescriptionWhy do more young adults in the north die?

    Newsnight business editor Helen Thomas reports on the north-south divide in mortality rates for young adults.
    URLwww.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05bxp03
    PersonsIain Buchan
  • TitleBBC RADIO 4: World at One: North South Health Divide
    Media name/outletBBC Radio 4
    Media typeRadio
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date8/08/17
    PersonsIain Buchan
  • TitleBBC NORTH WEST TONIGHT: North South health divide
    Media name/outletBBC North West Tonight
    Media typeTelevision
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date8/08/17
    PersonsIain Buchan
  • TitleBBC NEWS CHANNEL: North South health divide
    Media name/outletBBC News Channel
    Media typeTelevision
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date8/08/17
    PersonsIain Buchan
  • Title‘Alarming’ rise in early deaths of young adults in the north of England – study
    Media name/outletThe Guardian
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date8/08/17
    DescriptionMore young adults are dying before their time in the north of England than the south – and the gap is widening, a study has revealed.

    Researchers say that since 1965, about 1.2 million more people have died before the age of 75 in the north of England than in the south, taking into account differences in population.

    And the team warns that the gap in premature deaths is growing larger – revealing a particularly “alarming growth” among younger adults and those nearing middle-age.
    URLhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/08/alarming-rise-in-early-deaths-of-young-adults-in-the-north-of-england-study
    PersonsIain Buchan
  • Titlegrim reaper up northNortherners are ‘20% more likely to die young than Brits down South – and the gap is getting bigger’
    Media name/outletThe Sun
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date7/08/17
    DescriptionPEOPLE living in the North of England are a fifth more likely to die young than those living in the South, a study found.

    The North-South divide is growing at an “alarming” rate and is to blame for 1.2million excess deaths in the North over the past 50 years.
    URLhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/living/4193348/people-living-in-northern-england-are-a-fifth-more-likely-to-die-young-than-those-in-the-south/
    PersonsIain Buchan
  • TitleWhy living in the north raises the risk of dying: Chance of death before the age of 75 rises by a FIFTH if you live in one of five regions
    Media name/outletMail Online
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date7/08/17
    DescriptionNortherners are dying younger than their counterparts in the South.

    A major study found their risk of death before the age of 75 was 20 per cent higher.

    Researchers at the University of Manchester said the results told ‘a tale of two Englands’.
    URLwww.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4769594/Why-living-north-raises-risk-dying.html
    PersonsIain Buchan
  • TitleNEW SCIENTIST: People in north England are 20 per cent more likely to die young
    Media name/outletNew Scientist
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date7/08/17
    DescriptionPeople in northern England are 20 per cent more likely to die before the age of 75 than those in the south.

    Iain Buchan, of the University of Manchester, UK, and his colleagues analysed Office for National Statistics death data from 1965 to 2015, dividing England into two regions. The northern region also included the midlands, while the southern region included East Anglia.
    URLhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2143127-people-in-north-england-are-20-per-cent-more-likely-to-die-young/?cmpid=SOC|NSNS|2017-Echobox&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1502184090
    PersonsIain Buchan

Keywords

  • health economics
  • life expectancy
  • north south divide
  • Northern Powerhouse
  • policy