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PHC 181

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‘Variations in health: What can the Department of Health and the NHS do?

1. Discuss the kinds of explanation for these observed variations in life expectancy

2. Could it be argued that the lower social classes are responsible for their higher mortality rates? What alternative explanations can you give?

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A1:

Life expectancy is the period between a person is born until he dies. The period can be shortened or be very lengthy. The period depends on many factors like socioeconomic status, health status, economic well-being, income and education status. Other factors like smoking drinking alcohol lack of proper nutrition and awareness also reduce life expectancy. In short factors like positive health status, healthy and balanced diet, keeping a distance from cigarette and alcohol, positive mental health which occurs from good socioeconomic status and employment increases the life expectancy and deficiency of these factors reduce the life expectancy.

A2:

Yes to an extent, lower social classes are responsible for their higher mortality rate as they have limited excess to health care facilities and they usually live in overcrowded areas such as slums which is responsible for the outbreak and spread of many diseases increasing their mortality rate.

Answer 1

A1- evidence based studies shows that life expectancy is based on two measure factors:-

1) Genetics

2) life styles choices

Life expectancy is the key factor for assessing population health.Good health present in the developed and rich countries so their life expectancy is higher comparatively with developing and poor countries .Because of this high inequality among health which is directly correlate with life expectancy is found overall the world .Premature death also is a significant feature which affect the life expectancy . Certainly pandemic disease (spread all over the world) for example corona virus , affect the all over the world , all ages people affected with this but died ratio are mainly seen in elder people so it also affect life expectancy and make variations .

A2- Lower socioeconomic usually suffer from chronic diseases because they don't have enough fund to get treatment on time or at acute phase of disease.Regardless of some physician attitude towards socio economic patients giving them generic medications instead of brand medications.