Follow-up to Victorian study shows UK life expectancy still varies by region

A new study conducted as a follow-up to Victorian-era research has shown that people's place of residence continues to have an impact on their life expectancy.

The University of Liverpool study was designed to revisit the conclusions of research carried out 175 years ago, which compared the health and life expectancy of people in Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Bolton and Rutland, to see if its findings remained consistent.

Although levels of inequality were not on the same scale as in 1842, it was found that average life expectancy rates tended to vary according to people's social class and the place where they lived.

Those in the middle social class bracket in Rutland were shown to live longer than those in the highest social class in Liverpool, as was the case in 1842. The original study was the first to demonstrate geographical differences in health and life circumstances, and the new follow-up indicates that many of these trends remain unchanged.

Study leader Dr Mark Green said: "What this demonstrates is that living in certain locations offers very different life chances and health outcomes for people within the same occupational groups."

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