Growing inequalities in life expectancy

Updated May 25 2020 - 7:01am, first published 7:00am
Inequalities in the risk of death have accompanied a slowdown in Australia's life expectancy gains.
Inequalities in the risk of death have accompanied a slowdown in Australia's life expectancy gains.

The coronavirus pandemic may exacerbate a widening socio-economic gap in premature death rates that is contributing to a stagnation in Australians' life expectancy, researchers say.

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