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1
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USA vs UK spending on healthcare

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USA spend double

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USA healthcare reform

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$940 billion to secure another 32 million with health insurance

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UK healthcare reform

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£80 billion transferred to GPS to save £20 billion by 2014

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Prevalence rate of aids and distribution

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39m living with aids 2/3 in sub-Saharan Africa, lowering LE in 38 countries

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Show aids impacts on education

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900000 students lose their teachers a year

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6
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Thailand success story

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Hiv fell by 90% from 91-03

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CHD big disease?

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Accounts for 30% of all deaths

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Distribution of CHD

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1.2m die a years in Africa compared to 4 times this in Europe

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Economic impact of CHD in UK

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£7bn to healthcare £3bn lost through earnings a year

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Increase in obesity in UK

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6%-17% in men from 1980-to 98

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Economic impact of obesity in UK

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£3.6bn a year to NHS

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Undernourishment how many

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1/6 of earth- one dies every 3.6 seconds

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UK VS UGANDA private spending on healthcare

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16.1 % v 78.3%

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14
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Uganda access to public healthcare

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51%

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15
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UK vs Uganda le

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79 v 55

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16
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How many smoke how often and who

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10 million smoked a minute

1/1.3bn are men

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17
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Distribution of female smokers

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HIC-22%

MIC, LIC- 9%

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18
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Tobacco companies economic distribution

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British American tobacco pay £26billion tax a year

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Pharmaceutical company

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GlaxoSmithKline sell to 179 countries making it the third largest in the

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20
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North and south divide health

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2.5 years longer LE in very south than very north

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21
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Wealth difference north and south

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North east-£18000

South east- £27000

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Wealth linked to health?

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Eating your 5 a day
Professional and management-35%
Routine employees-21%

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23
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Luton people are fat?

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23% of year six obese

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24
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Luton people Poor?

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12000 kids living in poverty

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25
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Economic impacts on Cambria flooding

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£100million

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Social impacts of Cambria flooding

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1300 lost homes

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27
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Responses to Cambria flooding

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RAF saved 200 people on helicopters and boats

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28
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How much rain in Philippines Sept/09

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340mm in 6 hours

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29
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Economic impact of Philippines

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$100million dollars -3% rice farms ruined

30
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Social impact of Philippines

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250 killed, 60000 people lost their homes

31
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sahel growing

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2-5km south a year

32
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Sahel population and doubling time

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260m - 20 years

33
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Sahel population growth vs food production growth

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Pop-3% food-2%

34
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Eden project

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1 million trees

35
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Urban expansion in mojave

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Triple in 20 years in cities

36
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Conservation in mojave

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$93m to save Mojave tortoise

37
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Population and its density of uganda

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33.4 million, half the density of Britain

38
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Uganda growing fast?

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2nd fastest growing population

39
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Uganda workforce and $

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87% rural leading to a GDP of just $1300

40
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Education in uganda

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4/16 universities are funded by government so for every 1 place in uni there are 30000 kids

41
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Girls in Ugandan education and consequences

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Just 17% continue past 13, leading to a FR of 6.7

42
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G8 debt cancellation

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Kids in primary education was
62%-2000
93%-2009

43
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Changes in FR in uk

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2.4 in 1965 dropped below 2.1 in the 70s, now 1.7

44
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Is the uk old

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Yes 40.5 median age

45
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Uk- ageing population?

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16% over 65 now

25% by 2040

46
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Changes in dependency ratio

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22 people when first introduced per retired person

In 2024 there will be less than 3

47
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Positives of old people

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Over 50s buy 80% of luxury cars and cruises

48
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Immigration good?

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60% less likely to have benefits

49
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What did the on child policy do

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Prevented 400million births

50
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Living longer in china?

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50 in 1965

75 now

51
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China ageing population?

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2050 25% will be over 65

52
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Gender imbalance in china?

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117:100 - 35 million single men of marriage age single by 2020

53
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Education in china

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2% of people over 25 have uni qualification compared to 25% in most HIC
Spend a 1/3 of UK GDP on education

54
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Australia growing fast?

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4.6 faster than UK 40 year doubling time

Half immigrants

55
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Why is Australia ageing

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84 - 1st pregnancy at 27

06- 30

56
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Snowy mountain scheme

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60 % of food and wine uses their water from dams made in the 50s

57
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Canary wharf

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Average wage in the main building in over 100000, despite being jist 3km from canning town

58
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Employment in canning town

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38% work full time

59
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Education in canning town

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43% of adults have no qualifications

60
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Catch project

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96- 28% got 5 or more Cs and gcse

07- 56%

61
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Ethnicity of Richmond upon Thames

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91% white compared to 71.2% of London

62
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Education in Richmond upon Thames

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25% of kids attend private secondary schools

63
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Who is more likely to live in Richmond upon Thames

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New urban Colonists and cultural leaders are more than 21 times more likely to live her than anywhere else in the UK

64
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Problems with Richmond upon Thames

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12% of property is thought of as affordable for the majority of the UK

65
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Commuting to London?

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650000 a day from home counties

66
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Population of Chelmsford

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71- 58000

14-120000

67
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Kids leaving cornwall

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Half of all 16-18 year olds leave

68
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Wealth of Cornwall and why

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Poorest county in England and wales due to 25% directly employed in tourism

69
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Problem with tourism in cornwall

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1/3 of profits leave Cornwall

70
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Housing issue in cornwall

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12% social housing compared to 23% of national average

71
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Remoteness of cornwall

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29% of rural settlements don’t have a bus service

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