UNIT 7 Sociological Perspectives- P3 Homework Task

Health and Illness issue- ETHNICITY

Life Expectancy

Morbidity Rates
(rate of illness)

Mortality Rates
(rate of death)

United kingdom overall 81

male 79.5 female 82.5
China overall -76 male- 74 female 77
United states overall 78.9 male 77.4 female 82.2
Egypt overall 73.2 male 71.2 female 75.2
Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) south Asian men are 50% likely to suffer from
IHD
Black Caribbean men have a high level of prevalence to suffer from a stroke
Ethnic minority and black are more likely to suffer from a mental illness than
white British people
Caribbean babes were 9.8 out of 1000 to pass away (2005)
Pakistani babies were 9.1 out of 1000 to pass away (2005)

Incidences of disease
Suicide Rates

Any other key patterns and trends

in health and illness
What difficulties are there in
measuring the health of this social
group?

Because people can suffer from illnesses which are passed on through genes
which means that they are not down to their ethnicity