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[Steve Bullman]

Why are so many women dying during pregnancy and what can be done?

APPLE.NEWS

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Number dying in UK has reached highest level in 20 years but alarming trend going unaddressed worldwide

 

[WirralBoy]

That is terrible news.

 

Ban shagging . . . . . . . . . . immediately!

[Steve Bullman]

Of course we were going to find a way to get involved 

 

Britain and US launch airstrikes on Houthi targets

APPLE.NEWS

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Explosions were heard across Yemen late on Thursday night as British and US forces launched strikes on Houthi targets, after...

 

[sime42]

15 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Why are so many women dying during pregnancy and what can be done?

APPLE.NEWS

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Number dying in UK has reached highest level in 20 years but alarming trend going unaddressed worldwide

 

 

Maybe we've past Peak Human.

 

UK life expectancy falls to 2010 levels

WWW.FT.COM

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ONS figures mark first drop across non-overlapping period since at least 1980

 

[Stere]

Theres a paywall buy im  guessing bad diets no exercise & obesity plus poverty &  poor housing are decreasing lifespans among the less affluent?

 

Goes into the details:

 

Life expectancy declining in many English communities even before pandemic | Imperial News | Imperial College London

WWW.IMPERIAL.AC.UK

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A substantial number of English communities experienced a decline in life expectancy from 2010-2019, Imperial College...

 

 

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“Declines in life expectancy used to be rare in wealthy countries like the UK, and happened when there were major adversities like wars and pandemics. For such declines to be seen in ‘normal times’ before the pandemic is alarming, and signals ongoing policy failures to tackle poverty and provide adequate social support and health care.”

 

[sime42]

29 minutes ago, Stere said:

Theres a paywall buy im  guessing bad diets no exercise & obesity plus poverty &  poor housing are decreasing lifespans among the less affluent?

 

Goes into the details:

 

Life expectancy declining in many English communities even before pandemic | Imperial News | Imperial College London

WWW.IMPERIAL.AC.UK

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A substantial number of English communities experienced a decline in life expectancy from 2010-2019, Imperial College...

 

 

 

That's odd, it let me read that FT article in full the time I looked. It seems to work if you get to it via a Google search, rather than directly from a link.

 

life+expectancy+uk - Recherche Google

WWW.GOOGLE.COM

 

But yeah, the gist of it was as you said; "bad diets no exercise & obesity plus poverty &  poor housing are decreasing lifespans among the less affluent". Plus some Covid effect.

[peds]

Eating, drinking, and breathing microplastics every minute of the day probably isn't helping. 

[Mick Dempsey]

I think people are pissed off with living too long.

They get to 75 or whatever and think ‘that’s enough of that, pass the whisky for my cornflakes, I don’t give a toss anymore’

[sime42]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I think people are pissed off with living too long.

They get to 75 or whatever and think ‘that’s enough of that, pass the whisky for my cornflakes, I don’t give a toss anymore’

 

There's a serious point behind that: the difference between Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy. What's the point of living until 80 if the last 15 years or so are lived in ill health or in a care home?

Might as well kick-on with the boozy breakfasts from 65.

 

[Mark Bolam]

Why wait that long?