Health in the UK

Is Blackpool really the worst place in the UK in terms of ill health and years of life lost? We doubt it, and suspect that the UK location with the worst health outcomes is Glasgow. However, Blackpool is singled out in the UK analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 by Nicholas Steel and colleagues.1Steel N Ford JA Newton JN et al.Changes in health in the countries of the UK and 150 English Local Authority areas 1990–2016: a...