impact of health inequality

Question 1

alcohol

Answer 1

• alcohol linked deaths 54% higher in Scotland than England and Wales
• shows more of a national problem than those in poverty which is worldwide (conc)

Question 2

poverty

Answer 2

• Calton East, Glasgow, average male life expectancy 54, contrasts East Dunbartonshire where it is 84
• shows impact poverty has on health, ED healthy because they can afford to be

-people from deprived areas twice as likely to report mental health issues- can cause no work, housebound and stuck in poverty cycle

• 9.5mil people cannot afford to heat their homes and keep from damp. leads to breathing problems, like asthma
• shows they cannot work and hospital visits, not likely to change as the money they do get is spent on food

Question 3

smoking

Answer 3

• 28 people a day die from smoking related causes in Scotland
• shows scale of danger due to a life choice
• 29% of pregnant women in the most deprived areas smoke- affecting the next generation also
• shown by NHS, children more likely to smoke if their parents do, repetition of poverty cycle

Question 4

obesity

Answer 4

• report on BMI showed obese children twice as likely to be from deprived area- children starting their lives like this causes life-long impacts
• shows link to poverty, knock on effect leaves people unwell (conc)