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Thirty years ago, it came as a shock that the welfare state was not ensuring Danes a long life compared with other countries. The causes were investigated. But we still get the most cancer and live among the shortest lives.

In the end, the ministry reacted when he said he was about to go on TV again to talk about Danes’ low life expectancy

kollage: Freja Juul Pedersen. Foto: Pexels
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I slutningen af 1980’erne kom det som et lammende chok for lægerne, danskerne og politikerne på Christiansborg, at vi ikke længere var nogle af dem, der levede længst og bedst i verden.

Det medførte store forandringer på vores hospitaler og i behandlingen af alvorlige sygdomme. Men det har ikke ændret på det faktum, at vi danskere fortsat har nogle af de korteste liv blandt de nationer, vi plejer at sammenligne os med.

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