精英翻譯轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1578333
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The UK needs urgent steps to reverse the decline in life expectancy after an international ranking showed it fared among the worst in G-7 nations, ending above the United States, a British medical journal said.
一份國際排名顯示，英國預期壽命是七大工業國國家中最短的其中一個，一份英國醫學期刊說，英國需要緊急措施，逆轉預期壽命減少。
It ranked 29th in the world in 2021 for life expectancy, a stark contrast to the UK’s 7th place globally in 1952, according to the paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
根據這份在「英國皇家醫學會期刊」發表的報告，2021年英國人預期壽命在全世界排名第29，與1952年在全球排名第7形成強烈對比。
A rise in income inequality in the UK since the 1980s has primarily led to a widening gap in life expectancy between different social groups, the report said.
這份報告說，英國不同社會族群預期壽命落差擴大，主要是因為自1980年代以來收入不平等的增加。
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