Life Expectancy
- Created by: Rachel Hedger
- Created on: 13-10-13 16:35
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- Life expectancy
- 1851 - 40 for males and 44 for females 2004 - 78 years
- Improved public health
- Sanitation
- Hygene
- Medical technology and practice
- Drugs such as vaccinations and antibiotics
- Rising living standards
- Improved nutritional intake
- Better housing quality less damp, mould and rats
- Better care and welfare facilities
- Differs according to region
- Male life expectancy in 2002 was 76.2 in England, but 73.5 in Scotland
- Differs according to social clas
- Those in middle class jobs tend to live longer than those in manual labour jobs and the unemployed
- Differs according to ethinicty
- Some ethnic minorities have lower life expectancy than White people
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