1. Inequalities in Health and Health Care Provision UK

2. National Inequalities in Health www.statistics.gov.uk

3. Death Rates and Infant Mortality Rates per 1,000, per country (2003) General Register Office for Scotland 5.1 11.6 Scotland Infant Mortality Rate per 1000 population Death Rate per 1000 population 10.3 8.5 11.5 10.1 5.3 United Kingdom 5.3 Northern Ireland 4.1 Wales 5.3 England

6. Causes of death by gender, 2003, UK www.statistics.gov.uk

7. NHS Expenditure by country in the UK {2002-3 (bmj.com 2005) and 2004-5} Per capita (£) 2004-5 Per capita (£) 2002-3 £1214 £1262 £1186 £1085 £1371 Northern Ireland £1533 Scotland £1287 Wales £1249 England

8. Percentage population and per capita spend on health in countries in the UK (2004-5) www.ic.nhs.uk/ www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/ www,dhsspsni.gov.uk/ www.isdscotland.org Per capita public spend on health % of total UK population 2.9% 8.5% 4.9% 83.7% £1371 Northern Ireland £1533 Scotland £1287 Wales £1249 England

9. Relative level of health care spend on a per capita basis per country (2004-5) The UK average = 100 www,dhsspsni.gov.uk/ 107% 114% 104% 97% +7% Northern Ireland + 14% Scotland + 4% Wales - 3% England

10. Number of Health Service Staff per 10000 people per country (2003-4) www.ic.nhs.uk/ www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/ www,dhsspsni.gov.uk/ www.isdscotland.org 276 Northern Ireland 294 Scotland 231 Wales 259 England

11. Availability of hospital beds and health staff in UK countries (2003) www.ic.nhs.uk/ www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/ www,dhsspsni.gov.uk/ www.isdscotland.org 7 7.4 6.4 5.6 Nursing 4.9 6 5 3.8 Hospital beds per 1000 population Northern Ireland Scotland Wales England 0.63 1.6 0.76 1.8 0.61 1.4 0.57 1.4 GPs Medical & dental Staff per 1000 population

15. Lack of Correlation Is this lack of correlation between the incidence of ill health and the allocation of financial and manpower resources in health care provision: a reflection of the disparity in where the resources and manpower are targeted? a reflection of the greater needs of people in Scotland? or

19. Comparison of NHS provision between Scotland and England (2001)