Causes of health inequality Flashcards
Low income levels result in mental health issues, because living in low income life can be stressful…
for example, anxiety, depression and suicide are three times more likely for those that have lower than average incomes, compared to those that do not
low income levels can result in health inequality for children because low income can mean living in poorer quality houses…
for example 47% of children with asthma is caused by house-damp are from the poorest 10% of families
poor diet causes health inequality because it reduces life expectancy and also quality of life…
for example a person who is classed as ‘morbidity obese’ by the British medical association will live on average 10 years less than a non-obese person
A poor diet can lead to health inequality because a diet this is high in salt, sugar and fat can lead to the onset of acute and long-term physical conditions that are obesity related…
For example, heart disease, cancers, type 2 diabetes and strokes.
smoking can lead to health inequality for woman because it can lead to lung cancer and early death..
for example female lung cancer deaths have gone up by 42% per 100,000 people- about half of all female smokers die from smoking-related diseases
Geography can cause health inequality because it can reduce life expectancy…
for example the health and social care report 2014 states that boys and girls born in Glasgow have the lowest chance of anyone in the u.k. of reaching 65 years old
geography can cause health inequality because it can reduce life expectancy…
for example the health and social care report 2014 states that Scotland’s 32 local authorities, 23 of them lie in the lowest league for life expectancy in the uk
your ethnicity can cause health inequality because ethnic minorities are more likely to contract contagious virus’ because they are more likely to work in service jobs…
for example black Caribbean people are 2.5 times more likely to die from covid-19 than white people
