Being born into one of the wealthiest areas of the country adds 12 years to your life, on average, new research shows.
Children in Hampstead, north London, can expect to live to 88, while those born in Glasgow have a life expectancy of 76.
The campaign group Health Equals analysed data from the Office for National Statistics to determine the life expectancy for babies born this year in all 650 parliamentary constituencies.
Its analysis revealed “startling” regional disparities, with experts warning that poor housing, substandard education and poverty were “cutting short millions of lives by over a decade” and harming children’s development.
The report revealed that 15 of the 20 parliamentary constituencies with the highest life expectancies are in London and the southeast. Seventeen of
