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THE HEALTH Secretary today condemned the ?shocking? number of early deaths caused by bad living in Southampton - compared to the rest of Hampshire.
Jeremy Hunt said the huge gulf in death rates from the ?four major killers? - cancer, heart disease and stroke, lung disease and liver disease - was unacceptable.
He challenged local health chiefs to close the gap, saying: ?People's lives are needlessly cut short and that cannot continue unchecked.?
Health bosses across Southampton and Hampshire have already vowed to use these figures to focus their efforts to ensure as few people as possible die prematurely.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10475387.Shock_of_13_000_early_deaths_across_Hampshire/
Jeremy Hunt said the huge gulf in death rates from the ?four major killers? - cancer, heart disease and stroke, lung disease and liver disease - was unacceptable.
He challenged local health chiefs to close the gap, saying: ?People's lives are needlessly cut short and that cannot continue unchecked.?
Health bosses across Southampton and Hampshire have already vowed to use these figures to focus their efforts to ensure as few people as possible die prematurely.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10475387.Shock_of_13_000_early_deaths_across_Hampshire/