A few miles apart in Glasgow, life expectancy differed by 28 years

A 2008 World Health Organization report on health inequality found that a boy born in Calton, in Glasgow's East End, could expect to live 54 years, while one born in Lenzie, a few miles away, could expect 82. Later analysis noted Calton's small population and hostels skewed the figure, but the gap became a symbol of how much where you live shapes how long you live.

— WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health, Closing the Gap in a Generation — 2008