Males born in Blackpool between 2021 and 2023 will live until just after their 73rd birthday on average, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) study, six years less than the English average. The figures highlighted an uncomfortable truism about Britain: wealth brings health and poverty kills, in what the ONS called a "clear" north-south divide.
Those born in the wealthy Hampshire district of Hart tend to live a full decade longer than those in the poorest areas, while men born in the south-east will live three years longer on average than those in the north-east.
The gap between the richest and poorest areas has widened since the Covid pandemic. Blackpool's average life expectancy for men is now 18 months lower than in 2019.
The roots of Blackpool's ill health can be traced back to its golden era more than a century ago. The tourist boom of the early 20th century left behind an oversupply of guesthouses as Britons swapped the seaside for the Costa del Sol.
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