People living in northern England are more likely than their southern neighbours to smoke and drink to excess. Their mental health is poorer and life expectancy is up to three years shorter than in the south. The regional health divide emerged starkly in a health profile of England, published yesterday by the Department of Health. It showed the NHS has made great strides in reducing the number of people dying from cancer and heart attacks. Infant mortality is at its lowest level and fewer people are smoking. But more people consider themselves in poor health than when Labour came to power in 1997 and the inequalities between north and south are wider than ever.
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