'Atlas of death' drawn up.

LIVING in an affluent area could prolong your life by up to 14 years, according to according to
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1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3. new research.

An "atlas of death", charting geographical patterns of mortality rates, found the average age of death varied between 66 years in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow and 80 in Eastbourne. The study, produced by Bristol and Sheffield Universities, compiled data on nearly 15m deaths from 1981 to 2004.

The maps show a person's chance of dying from a particular cause, compared to the national average.

A north-south split was found for lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. , with clusters found in Liverpool, Manchester, Tyneside and central London.

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Publication:	Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
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Date:	Oct 20, 2008
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