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| Coronavirus in Scotland: Death rate twice as high in poorest areas | Coronavirus in Scotland: Death rate twice as high in poorest areas |
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| People in the most-deprived areas of Scotland are 2.3 times more likely to die with Covid-19 than those in the least deprived areas, new data reveals. | People in the most-deprived areas of Scotland are 2.3 times more likely to die with Covid-19 than those in the least deprived areas, new data reveals. |
| The latest weekly figures from the National Record of Scotland show additional analysis of the impact of deprivation on mortality. | The latest weekly figures from the National Record of Scotland show additional analysis of the impact of deprivation on mortality. |
| It shows that the death rate among people living in the 20% most-deprived areas is 86.5 per 100,000. | It shows that the death rate among people living in the 20% most-deprived areas is 86.5 per 100,000. |
| In the least-deprived fifth of Scottish areas the figure is just 38.2. | |
| The difference in coronavirus death rates between the richest and poorest is even higher than the figure for deaths from all causes, which the NRS puts at 1.9 times as much. | |
| The National Records of Scotland figures have previously shown that Inverclyde, including Greenock and Port Glasgow, which are among the most-deprived areas of Scotland, had the highest death rate of any council area from Covid-19. It has now had 103 deaths in a population of 78,000. | |
| The latest NRS analysis shows that men in the most-deprived areas are even more badly affected. The death rate for men is 109.2 per 100,000 compared with 43.2 in the least deprived areas. For women the figure is 70.2 per 100,000 in the richest areas and 32.9 in the poorest. | |
| The areas are based on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - a measure considering seven criteria including income and health. | |
| The analysis also looked at urban and rural areas, showing a large difference in Covid-19 death rates. | The analysis also looked at urban and rural areas, showing a large difference in Covid-19 death rates. |
| In large urban areas the death rate from Covid-19 was 76.8 per 100,000 people whereas in remote rural areas it was just 17.9. |