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World Service,19 Jan 2014,28 mins

Longevity War Game

Global Business

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In Newcastle, if you live in a well-off area you are likely to have 11 more healthy years of living than if you reside in a more deprived part of the city, just a few miles away. These figures are replicated in areas all over Britain. Peter Day attends a Newcastle University game, put together to try and find a way to bridge this gap by 50% in ten years with no extra money. Can they come up with new solutions or will the exercise just highlight how big a problem the country faces as the population ages?

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