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Health inequalities statistics released
Created: 11/04/2017The gap in health outcomes between the most deprived and least deprived areas of Scotland is reported for a variety of indicators in absolute and relative terms, including mental wellbeing, premature mortality, and a range of morbidity and mortality indicators relating to alcohol, cancer and coronary heart disease.
Main findings
With the exception of the healthy birthweight indicator, significant health inequalities persist for each indicator covered in the report.
In a number of indicators, absolute inequality (the gap between the most and least deprived areas) has narrowed over the longer term:
The gap has widened for two indicators:
For the other indicators in the report, long term trends in the absolute gap are less clear.
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