Leader: Living Longer Is Good, but an Ageing Population has Problems
The Scotsman › August 08, 2010
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The annual report by the Registrar General for Scotland has highlighted two problems which confront the nation, one a persistent one and the other emerging: the continuing health inequality which plagues this country and the potential strain on the state of a growing proportion of elderly people.
It is, without doubt, a scar on the nation that life expectancy in Scotland remains lower than in many European Union countries. Life expectancy has, it is true, increased greatly over the last 25 years, but Scottish men and women are not keeping up with the longevity of their European counterparts.See the full content of this document
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Leader: Living Longer Is Good, but an Ageing Population has Problems
Despite many years of efforts by governments of different political hues, it is a matter of grave concern that only Eastern European countries such as Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia have lower life expectancy rates than Scotland.
We are coming out of a period of h...See the full content of this document
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