This is not isolated to areas of deprivation – Glaswegians across all social classes experience a 15% reduction in life expectancy. That first journey home from the hospital, depending on which area home is, will have an impact on health, well being and life expectancy. Male life expectancy varies by 12 years, depending on which side of the Drumchapel and Bearsden divide you come from. Looking over Castlemilk, one of Glasgow’s big four peripheral housing estates, with the city in the distance. Did his environment have a bearing on his life expectancy?

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2021 06:56 UTC