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(Solved) Health Inequality Report

   

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HEALTH INEQUALITY REPORT 2Health Inequality ReportIntroductionInequalities and inequities in health are caused by many things, key among them being social standing, race and ethnicity, and geographical location. Health inequality is the reason why even though life expectancy is high and gets better with new medical research discoveries, average life expectancy of a wealthy person would be more than that of a poorer person. Mortality of children under the age of five years is also affected[ CITATION Dav97 \l 1033 ]. A health equity audit should be done to compare the level of medical care received by different demographic groups and areas so as to identify loopholes in health care provision that may cause poor health to some people. Since different demographics go through differentimmediate environments and physical activities every day, the likelihood of getting health complications is not the same for each individual[ CITATION Dav97 \l 1033 ]. Some alcohol consumers are under a larger threat of getting alcohol-induced injury than others. Others who live in more cramped quarters ar This report will highlight four major health inequalities in the Victoria which is a region that has both a rural and a cosmopolitan are with reference to chronic diseases, lifestyles like smoking and alcohol consumption, social disparities, hypertension, obesity and physical exercise.Health equity refers to the absence of systematic or avoidable disparities in health susceptible to a different group of infections, between groups of people, whether these groupsare defined socially, economically, geographically or demographically[ CITATION Dep11 \l 1033 ]. Health inequities are the differences in health outcomes and their risk factors between social groups that are socially produced, systematic in their distribution, avoidable, unfair and unjust[ CITATION Dep11 \l 1033 ]. Health inequities are differences in health status between

HEALTH INEQUALITY REPORT 3population groups that are socially produced, systematic in their unequal distribution across the population, avoidable and unfair. Health inequalities1.Age and Gender. 5.9% of women with an income below $40000 were underweight as compared to 2% of men under the same conditions[ CITATION Gra02 \l 1033 ]. Women also when employed and well educated were significantly less obese and had a larger percentage with a normal BMI than men with similar conditions. More males, in general, were obese. Men who did not complete high school or were unemployed undertook less physical activity as compared to all Victorian men[ CITATION Vic12 \l 1033 ]. More women than men reported high or very high levels of psychological distress, mostlybetween the ages of 55-64 for males and 18-24 and 65-74 for women. Men who reported experiencing depression either did not consume alcohol, were diagnosed with hypertension, or had two or more chronic diseases[ CITATION Vic12 \l 1033 ]. On the other hand, women who were current smokers and had two or more chronic diseases were more likely to give a poor self-reported health status and were more depressed.Prevalence of diseases like hypertension was more in men than in women. Type 2 diabetes, which is a chronic disease associated with obesity and careless weight gain together with hereditary factors, occurs more in individuals over the age of 50. Type 1 diabetes occurs from the body not producing insulin and is contacted by people under the age of 30[ CITATION Vic12 \l 1033 ]. It is also called juvenile offset diabetes and has no cure yet despite numerous research.

HEALTH INEQUALITY REPORT 4Subzone01Subzone02Subzone03Subzone04Subzone05Subzone06Subzone07Subzone08Subzone09Subzone10Subzone11Subzone12Subzone13Subzone14Subzone1501,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0002242733362595516731,5373,2001,9603,8083,0143,9704,2066,9805,129Estimated population, aged 18 years and over, with diabetes mellitus between 2011-2012Chart 1: Source [ CITATION Vic12 \l 1033 ]This above bar chart illustrates the estimated population aged 18 years and above withdiabetes mellitus between the years 2011 and 2012 in 15 subzones of Crownlands kingdom inVictoria state of Australia.Crowlandsis a small agricultural community settled on theWimmera Riverand is located in the region of 24 kilometres northeast ofArarat, in the state ofVictoria,Australiawhich consists of a small village with houses and large farms[ CITATION Gra02 \l 1033 ].According to the information in the chart, Subzone 01 of crownlands shows the lowest population of people aged 18 and over with diabetes and highest population in subzone 14 of Crownlands. The prevalence of cancer was noted to be age related, with more cases being noted above the age of 65 for men. Osteoporosis had higher incidence in women than men and was observed more in females above 55 and males above 65[ CITATION Jel16 \l 1033 ]. High blood pressure was age related too with more cases above the age of 55, and had more reported cases in men.

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