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Health inequalities and their causes

WebHealth inequalities and their causes - Health Inequalities in Scotland. Two thirds of those experiencing homelessness, opioid dependency, justice involvement, or psychosis are …

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Healthy life expectancy for male babies has declined and is now 24

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Health consistently worsens as deprivation increases, but the most

WebFor a wide range of health outcomes, health consistently worsens as deprivation increases. However, we see a particularly large drop-off across outcomes for those living in the …

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Inequalities in health and life expectancy are large

WebPeople living in the most deprived tenth of areas in Scotland can expect to live almost 25 years less in good health than people living in the most affluent areas.

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Health inequalities in Scotland are not inevitable

WebDespite concern at the generally worsening trends we now face, there was a period of health improvement and narrowing of absolute inequalities in the first decade of the 21st …

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Children’s start in life is not equal

WebChildren’s start in life is not equal. Inequalities in some aspects of child health have been improving, including smoking in pregnancy and child development, whilst inequalities for …

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Health Inequalities in Scotland

WebChildren living in more deprived areas are more likely to engage in low levels of formal physical activity (although accelerometer data including informal activity too show no …

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Young and middle-aged men are faring particularly badly

WebAcross a range of outcomes in deaths, health and health service use young to middle aged men, especially those living in deprived areas, stand out as a group which warrant …

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Health inequalities don’t always match patterns in health behaviours

WebThe risk of ill health typically increases with disadvantage, but the same isn’t always seen for health behaviours which can have minimal or even reversed social gradients.

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Babies in the most deprived areas twice as likely to be born low

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Not all health-harming behaviours are more prevalent in more …

WebSmoking in pregnancy has been falling but there is an eleven-fold difference between the most and least deprived areas.

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Smoking in pregnancy is decreasing but inequalities are large, with

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Health Inequalities in Scotland

WebHealth consistently worsens as deprivation increases, but the most deprived are faring particularly badly

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Health Inequalities in Scotland

WebVersion history A correction was made to the original appendices document on the 17th January 2023. Figure D.1.1. was updated to include the correct percentage of the …

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Children living in deprived areas are 2.6 times as likely to die …

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Inequalities in MMR uptake (first dose, 2 years) have widened …

WebGraphs Inequalities in MMR uptake (first dose, 2 years) have widened since ~2014 and the WHO target is only met in the least deprived 40% areas

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