The life expectancy(预期寿命）gap between the richest and the poorest members of society in England widened to nearly 10 years, British researchers have found.
The study analyzed a total of 7.65 million deaths in England between 2001 and 2016 based on data from the Office for National Statistics.
Researchers at Imperial College London found that the life expectancy gap between the richest and the poorest sectors of society increased from 6.1 years in 2001 to 7.9 years in 2016 for women and from 9.0 years to 9.8 years for men.
The life expectancy of women in poorest communities in 2016 was 78.8 years, compared to 86.7 years in the richest group. For men, life expectancy was 74.0 years among the poorest, compared to 83.8 years among the richest, according to the study published Thursday in the journal Lancet Public Health.
The largest contributors to life expectancy inequalities were deaths in children younger than five years old, mostly the baby deaths, as well as respiratory disease, heart disease, lung and digestive cancers, and dementia among the elderly.
Majid Ezzzti, senior author of the research, noted that “a perfect storm of factors” led to the earlier deaths of poor people, including dead working income, rising price of healthy food, funding squeeze for health and late diagnosis of diseases.
“Greater investment in health and social care in the most deprived areas will help change the worrying trends seen in our work. We also need government and industry action to erase food insecurity and make healthy food choices more affordable, so that the quality of a family’s diet isn’t decided by their income,” he suggested.
28. How did the scientists get the result?
A. By doing the experiments. B. By analyzing the figures.
C. By analyzing the forms. D. By studying the questionnaires.
29. Who will live the longest time according to the research?
A. Men in the richest community. B. Men in the poorest community
C. Women in the richest community. D. Women in the poorest community.
30. Which factor has the least connection with money among those causing the earlier death of the poor?
A. Dead working income. B. Rising price of healthy food.
C. Funding squeeze for health. D. Late diagnosis of disease.
31. What may be the main reason causing the life expectancy gap?
A. The poor families seldom go to see doctors.
B. The poor families usually get cancer easily.
C. The poor families often have unhealthy food.
D. The government doesn’t care about the poor.

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