The Social Gradient in Health

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According to the Marmot review of health inequalities in England, what does the top graph in Figure 1 represent?

  • Affluence and deprivation
  • Neighbourhoods in England
  • Disability-free life expectancy
  • Life expectancy (correct)

What does the social gradient in health refer to?

  • The difference in health outcomes between the rich and poor (correct)
  • The difference in health outcomes between different age groups
  • The difference in health outcomes between different neighborhoods
  • The difference in health outcomes between disabled and non-disabled individuals

What did the Whitehall Study emphasize?

  • The difference in health outcomes between disabled and non-disabled individuals
  • The difference in disability-free life expectancy
  • The gradient in health (correct)
  • The difference in life expectancy between different neighborhoods

What does the bottom graph in Figure 1 represent?

<p>Disability-free life expectancy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between deprivation and disability in the social gradient in health?

<p>The most deprived have shorter lives and spend more years with disability (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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