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Thu 08 Aug 2008Tackling health inequality could help avoid 5,400 premature deaths
UP TO 5,400 premature deaths could be avoided each year if policy-makers took a more robust approach to tackling social deprivation and health inequality, according to a report to be published today.
Research by the Institute of Public Health and the Combat Poverty Agency says poor housing, nutrition and education are to blame for high levels of ill-health and early deaths among poor and socially excluded groups.
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