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08-Feb-19, 12:12
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:

Stalling life expectancy is a warning light for public health in Scotland




Two reports out today show that the increase in life expectancy that has shown steady progress in Scotland since the Second World War, has now stalled and that health inequalities have worsened. In the past seven years, Scotland has seen the slowest growth in life expectancy, since at least the late 1970s and death rates have now begun to rise for people living in our poorest areas. [Read Full Article (https://caithness-business.co.uk/article/9020)]