2:27pm Monday 12th April 2010
By Siobhan Ryan
The stress of travelling is knocking a year off the lives of commuters, researchers have found.
A new study shows people living in Brighton and Hove and travelling up to London each day can expect to die a year earlier than the national average for people earning similar wages to themselves.
Analysts Club Vita, who carried out the study, identified the areas where people of a given income level can expect to live significantly longer or shorter lives than the 79.6 year average.
It found the stresses and strains of coping with packed trains, delays and disruptions can have a long term impact on regular travellers from Brighton and Hove and other commuter towns.
Shelley Atlas, the chairwoman of Brighton Line Commuters group, said she was not surprised by the findings.
She said: “At the moment people are worried about keeping their jobs so they want to make sure they are in the office and at work on time.
“When you are having to deal with delays and late trains it just adds to the pressure.”
Club Vita consultant Andrew Gaches said the research suggested the faster pace of life often blamed for a shorter life expectancy in London was now spreading beyond the capital.
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