"European Commission proposes ""first"" concrete steps to narrow life-expectancy gap in EU.  The European Commission today said it intends to put the issue of health inequality at the centre of the EU's agenda in a bid to close the gap in life expectancy between rich and poor Europeans.   …… this is the ""first time"" that ""the Commission has agreed to some concrete actions to tackle health inequalities"".   A recent Eurostat report revealed that, in 2007, the average life expectancy of women differed by eight years across the 27-member EU. The gap for men was even larger, at 14 years. Infant mortality ranges from around 3 per 1,000 live births to more than 10 per 1,000."
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