This week we discussed at risk behaviours and effects on society. At first, we had a quiz which was to do with the life expectancies of both genders. The average life expectancy of a woman is 81.1 years and a man is 77.1. These can be varied due to behavioural and hereditary reasons. We also discussed the most common reasons of death in adult lives which are diet, smoking, alcohol and inactivity. Poverty can also effect this. We then discussed the need for change. We discussed in groups whether we thought that Scotland was healthy or not. Motor crashes, suicide and unintentional injuries are amongst the most common deaths of young people.
We also read a paper on the ‘Glasgow Effect’. This discusses why equally deprived UK places have different health outcomes. Glasgows main problems are suicide, alcohol and drugs.