Health Inequalities: Case Study of Jess and Rosemary

Variation in
health and
illness

Case study: Jess and
Rosemarry
 There are large scale
inequalities in society in
terms of health and illness
across different socio-
economic groups. According
to the data, in England ,
there are inequalities in
health among between the
ethnic groups.
Figure: Inequalities across
population
Source: (Ons.gov.uk,
2019).

Graphical representation of
health inequalities
FIGURE: HEALTH INEQUALITIES
AMONG MEN
SOURCE: HEALTHSCOTLAND.SCOT,
2019).
FIGURE: HEALTH INEQUALITIES AMONG
WOMEN
SOURCE: HEALTHSCOTLAND.SCOT,
2019).

 Evidences show that the key factors for Jess’s poor health is due
to the habit of smoking and drug abuse. According to the
data ,there is considerable inequality among the gender in terms of
poor health, while 25% men of the mixed ethnic group suffers
from smoke related disease only 3% women are found to be
suffering form lung
diseases(Publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk,2019).
Reasons and Rationale