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Variations in human health and life expectancy (DRC (Civil war over…
Variations in human health and life expectancy
Reasons for variation
Wider determinants e.g occupation, income, housing etc
Lifestyle factors
smoking, diet, alcohol, drug misuse
Preventative healthcare
Determinants can all be linked together
Algeria
between 1990 - 2014
GDP per capita increased by 30%
Life expectancy increased by 16.6 years (76 years)
expected numbers of years of schooling increased by 4.5 years
HDI rose from 0.574 to 0.736 to become one of highest HDI values in Africa
DRC
One of worlds poorest countries
Civil war over natural resources
6 million people have died because of the conflicts, over half children under 5
Lack of food and resources due to distribution issues
food insecurity, 40% of children under the age if 5 suffer from malutrition
40% aged 5-14 forced to work instead of school
water supply for 47.6% of population class as unimproved
Average life expectancy 56 years one of the worlds lowest
Most women have a child before age of 20
UK
Regional Variations
Determinants
smoking
obesity
Income
North of England lowest life expectancy, higher death rate
spendings on fresh heathy food are lower in North east as incomes are lower so can't afford
Australia
Average life expectancy by gender varies in states and territories
Women in New South Wales have highest life expectancy, 84.9
Northern territory 79 years
high proportion of aboriginal and Torres state Islander peoples
relatively high mortality rates in middle age (45 - 64)
high rates of chronic disease and injury
high levels of deprivation
behavioural risk, drugs alcohol smoking etc
low levels of education and employment
social disadvantages compared to non - indigenous Australians
Close the Gap innovative in 2009, halve gap in child mortality , increase aboriginal students completing school