1. BTEC Health and Social Care L3
Patterns and Trends in Health and Illness

2. P3 Using statistics and data in Health and Social Care

3. Breadline Britain?

4. Key terms: Match to definition
Prevalence rate
The number of people who have died in a population in a year.
Incidence rate
The number of people who have a particular illness during a given time
Morbidity rate
The total number of cases of a specific disease in a population at a specific time.
Mortality rate
The number of new cases of a specific disease in a population at a specific time.

5. Statistics should be treated with caution
Statistical data
Always quote where your statistics are from – give the website address
Consider ‘who’ published the information Is there any bias?
Where were the statistics published? – a
newspaper maybe. But does the paper support a particular political party?......more biased data
Statistics should be treated with caution

6. How are you going to do P3?
You will need to explain the different patterns and trends in health and illness in social groupings identified according to factors such as gender, social class, geographical location, ethnicity and age.

7. What have you got to do for P3?
Explain patterns and trends in health and illness among different social groupings

8. Age Gender/sex Ethnicity Geographic location Social class
5 key social areas
Age
Gender/sex
Ethnicity
Geographic location
Social class

9. Choose 5 areas to compare:
Life expectancy
Risk of cancer
Infant mortality
Smoking
Alcohol use
Suicide rates
GP appointments
Hospital admissions
Heart disease
Mental health

10. Structure Social area Health Illness Age Suicide (mortality rates)
Smoking (mortality rates)
Gender/sex
Cancer (prevalence rates)
Mental health (prevalence rates)
Ethnicity
Geographical location
Social Class

11. Use evidence to support your points
To illustrate your answers choose 5 of the areas on slide 7 to look at in more detail
You will use the key social areas to compare the 5 areas
Refer to statistical data from a range of sources to explain the patterns of health and illness. When quoting statistics you must clearly identify and reference reliable and up to date sources of data.
Use evidence to support your points

12. Summary
Create a table explaining patterns and trends in health and illness among different social groupings .
Use statistics to support your work.
Ensure you include a bibliography of websites and WebPages you have used.