Date published: 2008/08/28
The BBC says:
Social factors - rather than genetics - are to blame for huge variations in ill health and life expectancy around the world, a report concludes.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has carried out a three-year analysis of the "social determinants" of health.
The report concludes "social injustice is killing people on a grand scale".
For instance, a boy living in the deprived Glasgow suburb of Calton will live on average 28 years less than a boy born in nearby affluent Lenzie.
Similarly, the average life expectancy in London's wealthy Hampstead was 11 years longer than in nearby St Pancras.
The research also shows that a girl in the African country of Lesotho is, on average, likely to live 42 years less than a girl in Japan.
Is this supposed to be news? Who would have thought it, rich people live longer than poor people. Shock, horror.
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