NORTH-SOUTH divides are far from a new phenomenon to readers of this page - but how can it be that Blackpool has a death rate from lung conditions more than two times higher than more affluent areas such as Richmond in London?
The charity, Asthma and Lung UK, looked at deaths and hospital admissions for people suffering conditions such as asthma, pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition which is mostly caused by smoking.
Analysis of data by the charity - excluding specific deaths from lung cancer and admissions for lung cancer - shows that Knowsley, Inverclyde, Salford, North Ayrshire and Blackburn with Darwen topped the rankings for places with the highest rates of emergency hospital admissions and deaths for lung conditions in England.
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