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A Fairer, Healthier Scotland Gerry McCartney Head of Public Health Observatory Division at NHS Health Scotland & co-lead, ScotPHO November 2013 Scottish challenges and opportunities: Health inequalities wider than rest of western

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A Fairer, Healthier Scotland

Gerry McCartney Head of Public Health Observatory Division at NHS Health Scotland & co-lead, ScotPHO November 2013

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Scottish challenges and opportunities:

Health inequalities wider than rest of western

Europe

Life expectancy is improving more slowly
Health policy is devolved but many of the

socioeconomic determinant policies are not

Scottish Government remains committed to

reducing health inequalities and ‘prevention’

Collaboration with local government revolves

around ‘Community Planning Partnerships’

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Trends in ABSOLUTE all-cause mortality inequality (1981-2001 using Carstairs index (all ages); 1996 onwards using SIMD (<75y and 15-44y); men and women combined)

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Trends in RELATIVE all-cause mortality inequality (1981-2001 using Carstairs index (all ages); 1996 onwards using SIMD (<75yand 15-44y); men and women combined)

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60 65 70 75 80 85 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006

Year Life expectancy at birth (years)

Higher overall mortality than comparable nations

Data extracted from the Human Mortality Database for: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, England & Wales, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, West Germany & USA.

USA Scotland

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Male life expectancy at birth in the most and least deprived quintiles within each Scottish local authority area (2006-2010)

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