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Country dwellers live almost 10 years longer

November 6, 2003 6:00 PM

People in rural areas live almost a decade longer than those in cities suggested by new official figures out today.

The country's highest life expectancy is in Rutland (79.5) with the lowest in Manchester (71). Areas like the New Forest, North Dorset and South Cambridgeshire all have high life expectancies where as Manchester, Blackpool and Liverpool have the lowest suggesting that people in rural areas live longer.

Paul Burstow MP, Liberal Democrat Health Secretary, said:

"This shocking gap between the lowest and highest life expectancy in the country must be a wake up call to Ministers that this Government has let health inequalities slip down the agenda.

"There is evidence here of not just a North/South divide but a number of different divides: rural versus urban areas, and rich versus poor especially in terms of health inequalities.

"A top priority for the Department of Health has to be tackling the root causes of ill-health, not just treating the symptoms."

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