While EU enlargement may have ended the political division of Europe, a "health divide" still spans the continent, a report presented yesterday (13 May) shows.
The report, conducted by the London School of Economics and the Paris-based Institute for Health Sciences, shows large differences between old and new member states in levels of life expectancy as well as health.
Whereas populations in the "old" member states have a life expectancy of around 78.7 years of age, this figur...
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