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Sixty seconds on . . . ageing

BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6249 (Published 29 October 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;367:l6249
  1. Abi Rimmer
  1. The BMJ

It happens to us all . . .

True, but research by the independent think tank the Resolution Foundation has found that some parts of the UK are ageing faster than others.1

Ah, like Oldham and Greywell?

Not quite, the researchers found that the youngest region was London, where the typical (average) age is 35.3. By contrast, the south-west, the oldest region, has a typical age of 43.9. …

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