Report On London | Health Issues Faced In LONDON
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Report On London | Health Issues Faced In LONDON
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HEALTH ANDSOCIAL CARE
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3Demographic profile of Islington London ..................................................................................3Health issues in Islington London ...............................................................................................4Health inequality in Islington London .......................................................................................4Social determination of health ....................................................................................................5Policy issues related to Islington London ..................................................................................6Food 2030' (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2010).....................................7Public health relation in Borough ...............................................................................................8CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................112
INTRODUCTION Health and social care are vital to be provided to individuals who are in need of it. It iscritical that better and effective medical treatment should be offered to people so that physicaland social well being of individual living in the society can be ensured (Estruch and et.al, 2013).Other than this it is critical that need and requirement of individuals should be considered so thatbetter measures can be taken for offering them better medical care and services. Present report isbased on London and in this Demographic profile of London and health issues that are facedthere has been covered. Demographic profile of Islington London Population and age group London is a exceptionally diverse and fast changing borough and more than 70% of thepopulation of London is young people. Total population of the district in the age group of 0-3 is10,890 and population in the age group of 4-10 is 14,810. more than that population in the agegroup of 11-15 is 8,870 and in the age group 16-19 it is 8,630. with this population in the agegroup of 20-39 is 99,810 and in 40-64 it is 55,770. in the range of 65-76 it is 13,970 and peoplemore than 80 years of age group are total 4,870 (Nichols and et.al, 2014). Majority of the peopleare in the age group of 20-39 years and it reflects that there is high opportunity for preventing illhealth and other diseases conditions.Ethnicity Islington is a district that has been situated in London and population of the district isethnically diverse. More than 57% residents of the district are White British and majority of thembelongs to Turkish, Irish and Black Caribbean. Life expectancy Life expectancy rate for men in England is lower and it is 79.1 for males where as lifeexpectancy rates for females is 83.2. 51.1% population is male and 49.9% is female and otherthan this largest ethnic group in the nation is while British (Blackburn and et.al, 2017). 45% ofthe people living in the nation are Christian (Makai and et. al., 2014). In addition to that it hasbeen estimated that population in the age group of 18-64 is likely to increase by 69.5%. Thereare more chances that this age generation is likely to receive more health related issues and3
diseases and it is critical that appropriate measures should be taken for rendering better andmedical preventive care for individuals that are living in the local society. Mortality/Morbidity Birth rates and death rates are increasing and in the year 2014/2015 there are 310 moredeaths in the borough (Wang and et.al, 2014). It shows that there is need for taking preventivemeasures for rendering better services for people. Unemployment and poverty Unemployment rate is high and due to that also issues are faced by individuals. It is alsoincreasing poverty rates. Health issues in Islington London Health issueCardiovascular diseases are main cause of premature deaths and deaths in Islington. It isa class of diseases that is associated with blood vessels and heart. List of CVD includes heartfailure, stroke, cardiomyopathy, heart arrhythmia, venous thrombosis, hypertensive heart andcognitive heart diseases. 90% of the cardiovascular diseases are preventable and these diseasesare major causes of death globally. Prevalence to health issue Average 288 deaths have been observed due to cardiovascular diseases. It is the major healthissue that has been faced in the particular geographical areas and due to that physical well-beingof the individual is getting affected. Obesity and unhealthy lifestyle are major reasons due towhich cardiovascular disease are caused.Cardiovascular diseases are major cause for death in all the age groups in Borough. Thereis need for making the people aware about the risk causes by cardiovascular diseases so that theirphysical and mental well being of individual can be ensured. Death rates in Borough have beenincreased due to that and number of people suffering from Cardiovascular diseases have beenincreased. High rates of pollution in inner city areas in Islington is the major reason that leadtowards creating cardiovascular diseases in people. It also contribute towards morbidity inchildren and adults and also with earlier mortality (Bastien, M. and et.al 2014). 4
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