US EditionUK cost-of-living crisis set to increase early deaths: study
- The UK is facing a cost-of-living crisis with high inflation, which is predicted to result in a significant increase in premature deaths.
- The impact of inflation on death rates will be four times higher for the most deprived households compared to the wealthiest households.
- The rising cost of energy is particularly burdensome for the poor, who are forced to allocate a larger portion of their income towards it.
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UK’s Cost of Living Crisis Will Cause Thousands of Premature Deaths, Study Says - Other Media news - Tasnim News Agency
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The cost of living crisis will probably cause thousands of premature deaths in the UK and significantly widen the wealth and health gap between the richest and poorest, a study has suggested.
New research sheds light on increase in early deaths due to cost-of-living crisis
The UK’s inflation-fuelled cost-of-living crisis is set to “cut lives short” and “significantly widen the wealth-health gap”. That’s according to a study published by the BMJ Public Health journal on 25 September. Modelling conducted for the study predicted that the proportion of people “dying before their time” (under the age of 75) will rise by nearly 6.5% due to the sustained period of high prices. UK inflation unexpectedly slowed in August t…
The proportion of people dying under the age of 75 is expected to increase by almost 6.5%, and the most disadvantaged households will be four times more affected than privileged households, according to this research.
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