Death Rate

2022

577,160 deaths registered in England and Wales which was a 1.6% decrease compared to 2021

Dementia and Alzheimers are becoming leading cause of death

Smoking and diet

Harper says greatest fall in death rate was due to reduction in number of smoking

Public health measure s

• clean air acts reduce air pollution

• improvements in housing

• more effective central and local government with power to pass and enforce public health legisaltion

other social changes

• lifestyle changes

• higher income allowed healthy lifestyle

• smaller families reduce the transmission of infections

Class and gender regional differences

• living in north and scotland have lower life expectancy than those in the south

• working class in more unskilled jobs and more dangerous

• women live longer