Presentation based on the Talking Points Lecture given by Danny Dorling at the University of Sheffield, 10th February 2010. Slides by Benjamin Hennig.

1. Why are inequalities in health greater now than at any times since the 1920s? Danny Dorling Talking Points Lecture,10 th February 2010 Medical School Lecture Theatre 2, University of Sheffield Organized by Yorkshire and Humber Teaching Public Health Network and co-hosted by the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) Thanks to all who contributed to this lecture, especially the Worldmapper group (Graham Allsopp, Anna Barford, Benjamin Hennig, Mark Newman [University of Michigan], John Pritchard and Ben Wheeler [University of Cornwall]), Bethan Thomas and George Davey Smith [University of Bristol] for the most recent work on inequalities in Britain, and to Dan Vickers and Dimitris Ballas who helped with some of the others on the work on inequalities in Sheffield. Watch the full lecture as a video-multimedia presentation at http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/presentations/healthinequalities/

6. Global Life Expectancy (years) Dorling, D. et al. BMJ 2006;332:662-664 Copyright ©2006 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. Global life expectancy slope index of inequality between nation states (in years). Black triangle shows estimated index in 2000-5 with impact of AIDS removed

31. Sheffield – A tale of two cities Now, turn from the world to a single city in the middle of Britain. How have inequalities in life chances changed here over time and inequalities in health responded? This report was an attempt to collate most of what we know about spatial inequalities in Sheffield. And how they have changed since the late 1960s, the earliest date have much date for. www.shef.ac.uk/sasi http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/ research/sheffield/

32. Unemployment inequalities tell us a lot Source: A Tale of two Cities. The Sheffield Project. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/research/sheffield/

37. Poverty, deprivation and health: the dose-response has been known for many years Source: Modified graph from Shaw, Dorling, Gordon & Smith (1999): The widening gap. Health inequalities and policy in Britain. The Policy Press. Bristol. Scatterplot of standardized mortality ratio for deaths under 65 and % of households living in poverty ( Breadline Britain index), for parliamentary constituencies (Britain (1991-1995) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 250 200 150 100 50 0 % Poverty SMR <65

39. Mortality Patterns in Britain 1921-2005 Some more unusual maps are need to see:

60. Watch the full lecture as a video-multimedia presentation at http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/presentations/healthinequalities/ The original slides are available as a free downloadable PowerPoint file on http://sheffield.ac.uk/geography/staff/dorling_danny/lectures.html