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Development fears over half of English five-year-olds
Nearly half of children in England are not reaching what teachers consider a good level of development by the age of five, public health experts say.
Achieving a good level of development by five is considered to be a guide to future health prospects.
The Marmot Review team examined local authority data and found inequalities in life expectancy, how long people lived disability-free and unemployment.
The report's authors, who last year published a groundbreaking study of health inequalities in the UK, Fair Society, Healthy Lives, looked at five key indicators that are used to predict future health: life expectancy, disability-free life expectancy, child development at five, young people out of work and households on means-tested benefits.
To download the Marmot Review report Fair Society Healthy Lives as a pdf go to the website
To find out more about the data and to see the results for your area please go to the London Health Observatory website
Posted 11th February