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Elderly people in Denmark tend to live healthily the longest time, while Estonians the shortest (Photo: EUobserver)

UK report finds gaps in health condition of Europeans

There are persistent differences across Europe in how long people live without major health problems, with both GDP and expenditure on elderly care of their home countries among the key factors influencing these trends.

A research team at University at Leicester has found that western Europeans live healthily on average 14 years more than their counterparts in the east of the continent, according to a report in UK medical journal the Lancet, published on Monday (17 November).

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Elderly people in Denmark tend to live healthily the longest time, while Estonians the shortest (Photo: EUobserver)

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