health inequalities

Question 1

what are the different health inequalities?

Answer 1

Health status - life expectancy and prevalence of health conditions.
Access to care - availability of treatments.
Quality and experience of care - levels of patient satisfaction.
Behavioural risks to health - smoking rates.
Wider determinants of health - quality of housing.

Question 2

what are the differences in health status?

Answer 2

Socio-economic factors – income.
Geography - region or whether urban or rural.
Specific characteristics - those protected in law, such as sex, ethnicity or disability.
Socially excluded groups - people experiencing homelessness.

Question 3

what are health inequalitys in life expectancy linked to?

Answer 3

Closely related to people’s socio-economic circumstances - levels of income,
employment, education and local levels of crime.

Question 4

what are in the inequalities in avoidable mortality

Answer 4

Differences in rates reflect people getting the help that they need to address life-threatening health risks and illnesses.

Question 5

what are the INEQUALITIES IN THE PREVALENCE OF MENTAL ILL-HEALTH

Answer 5

Inequalities in various types of mental ill-health exist across a range of protected characteristics, including sexual orientation, sex and ethnicity.

Question 6

what are the INEQUALITIES IN ACCESS TO AND EXPERIENCE OF HEALTH SERVICES

Answer 6

More deprived areas tend to have fewer GPs per head and lower rates of admission to elective care than less deprived areas, despite having a higher disease burden.

Question 7

what are the INEQUALITIES IN BEHAVIOURAL RISK FACTORS

Answer 7

Public Health England’s four principal behavioural risks to people’s health:
Smoking.
Poor diet.
Physical inactivity.
High alcohol consumption.