High Covid death rates in the North West have caused the life expectancy in the region to decline by a combined three years, a study has found — as an interactive map revealed which areas in the UK have suffered the most fatalities during the pandemic.
A report by University College London found poverty and deprivation led to the region suffering the worst death toll of anywhere in Britain, with more than 220 per 100,0000 people dying.
Professor Michael Marmot, an expert on health inequalities who wrote the report, described the figures as ‘jaw dropping’.
Life expectancy across all of England dropped by two years with multiple studies showing poor people are twice as likely have to died from Covid than the wealthy.
Meanwhile, figures from the Department of Health today show eight out of the 20 areas with the highest daily Covid death tolls were located in the North West.
Death rates were a more than a fifth higher in Greater Manchester than in the rest of England. The ten regions have an average death rate of 250 per 100,000, compared to the national average of 191.
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