I still find it shocking that in such a small country (6 million people) there can be a variation of over 10 years in the life expectancy of a newborn based purely on where they are born:
Re:Powerful Photos of Life in the Old Glasgow Tenement Block...
by slededit on Friday December 28, 2018 @12:36AM
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This BBC documentary shows what its like in more recent times. Its better, but not dramatically so. Most importantly the despair and lack of hope is still there.
http://simd.scot/2016/#/simd2016/BTTTFTT/9/-4.0000/55.9000/
I still find it shocking that in such a small country (6 million people) there can be a variation of over 10 years in the life expectancy of a newborn based purely on where they are born:
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2017/variation-in-life-ex...
NB I'm 53 so a contemporary of many of the kids in those photos - although I grew up in a fairly idyllic rural part of Scotland.