Geogr

aphic
al
Locati
on

Geographical location refers to a position within the earth. Your geographical

location is defined by two co-ordinates, longitude and latitude

A variety of place-based influences affect health, including physical

circumstances (e.g. altitude, temperature regimes, and pollutants), social
context (e.g., social networks, access to care, perception of risk behaviours), and
economic conditions (e.g., quality of nutrition, access to health insurance).
The influence of location on health is clear even at the global scale. The best way
to reduce the worldwide burden of disease may be to provide individuals with
ready access to clean water, adequate nutrition, and rudimentary sanitation, yet
the availability of these big three basic needs differs greatly from place to
place. Peoples access to immunization is perhaps the next most important
variable in the health picture, yet access to immunization often depends on
social circumstances and the distribution of health care facilities.

The latest life

and reveals a

Life
expec
tancy

expectancy data for the UK is out

north-south divide in ages of death

- of four-years.
The data from the Office for National Statistics shows that for men in the southeast of England it is 79.4 years, while in Scotland the figure is 75.4, according to
the Office for National Statistics. For women the gap is slightly less: 83.3 in
south-east and south-west England against 80.1 in Scotland.
Health areas with lowest life expectancy are Greater Glasgow (which has a lower
rate than Albania for men), Hartlepool, Western Isles, Liverpool and Blackburn
with Darwen. The pattern in the geographic age gaps remains similar to those of
previous years, showing just how stubborn social and economic inequalities
remain.

As you can see below there is a clear difference in relation to geographical

location and life expectancy.http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jun/08/life-expectancy-uk-datahealth

Morbi
dity
Rates

Morbidity is another term for illness. A person can have several co-morbidities simultaneously. So,
morbidities can range from Alzheimer's disease to cancer to traumatic brain injury. Morbidities are
NOT deaths. Prevalence is a measure often used to determine the level of morbidity in a
population.

The analysis of geographic patterns of disease depends crucially on scale.

Whereas broad-scale patterns may be apparent at an international level, for
example, differences between developed and developing countries in the
incidence of infectious diseases such as malaria, and in cardiovascular diseases,
other patterns may only be apparent at a local level. These will include, for
example, clusters of disease and possible variations in disease risk near putative
point sources of environmental pollution.

Within a small urban area, significant geographical differences occur in CHD

attack rates and these are related to socioeconomic status.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in women in

most industrialised countries accounting for over 40% of deaths in women
at all ages in Britain.1,2 As a consequence of women's longer life
expectancy the number of women suffering with and dying of CVD is
similar to that of men; in 1997 there were 228 446 deaths from CVD (ICD9 codes 390459) in England and Wales, 52% of which were in
women.2 The occurrence of CVD rises rapidly in women after the age of 60
but little is known about the distribution of CVD, risk factors, and their
control in older women. Although geographical variation in the occurrence
of CVD is recognised, an explanation for this variation remains unclear. In
men major risk factors seem to play an important part, but little is known
about women.

Morta
lity
Rates
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/deaths-registered-area-usualresidence/2012/sty-esp.html