The Health
Divide
Causes of Health Inequality – a
reminder
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Diet
Exercise
Stress
Housing
Occupation
• Lifestyle
choices
• Education
• Gender
• Ethnic group
• Age
Acheson
A Case
Study
Drumchapel
Bearsden
The Facts
• Drumchapel and Bearsden are less
than 1 mile apart
• a 21 year old living in Drumchapel
today is 2 ½ times more likely to die
before the age of 65, than a 21 year old
in Bearsden.
• Before the age of 65, men in
Drumchapel are 3 times more likely to
die of heart disease than men in
Bearsden
Over the same 3 year period…
The main ‘killers’ in both Drumchapel and
Bearsden were:
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Heart Disease
Bronchial Disease
Stroke
Lung Cancer
Breast Cancer
Yes, but what about the
numbers?
Drumchapel
Bearsden
65 163
Let’s look back at the causes S
H
• Diet
• Exercise
O
• Stress
E
• Housing
L
• Occupation
A Wee Reminder!
E
• Lifestyle
• Education
G
• Gender
D
• Ethnic
• Age
A
E
If Connolly Ruled the world!
• Put 10 pence on income
tax to pay for increased
benefits for poor people
• Ban smoking and drinking
now! And sue the makers.
• Set fire to chippie vans
outside schools
• Quadruple the tax on high
fat / salt / sugar foods
Wait – I’m not finished… there’s more!!
• Padlock the doors of
every McDonalds
• Give every child a
free school meal
(Healthy choice of
course) and lock the
gates at lunchtime.
• Refuse to give health
care to people who
damage themselves
through ‘stupid’
lifestyle choices.
Haw! Ronnie! Haud this a wee
minute will ye!
Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth!
You are an adviser to Glasgow City
Council. You have been asked to draw up
a five year strategy to reduce the Health
Divide in this area with a particular
emphasis on young people.
You should state clearly:
After all…
• Recommendations
• Reasons
• Possible Problems (my ‘solutions’ may help)
A couple of pages in your jotter should suffice.
Does he deserve to
die younger because
he was born in …
• Drumchapel
• Shettleston
• Springburn
• Maryhill