Written Question · S5W-28860 · Session 5
What analysis it has carried out of the reasons why Inverclyde is recording the highest average level of COVID-19-related deaths among loca…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the reasons why Inverclyde is recording the highest average level of COVID-19-related deaths among local authority areas.
The answer
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) analyses and categorises the nearly 7,000 'data zones' of Scotland by deprivation.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-index-multiple-deprivation-2020/pages/5/
The 2020 SIMD report shows that Inverclyde has a high proportion of data zones which are part of the 40% most deprived data zones in Scotland. A total of 59% of Inverclyde's data zones are from the cohort of the 40% most deprived data zones in Scotland.
Statistics published this week by National Records of Scotland (NRS) show that people living in the most deprived areas of Scotland were 2.3 times more likely to die with COVID-19 than those living in the least deprived areas.
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/covid19stats
Analysis of the NRS data shows that (year to date up to 10 May), Inverclyde local authority had the highest rate of death from COVID-19 across all local authorities (at 132 deaths per 100,000). There will be other factors alongside deprivation that will contribute to this, for example, Inverclyde has a higher proportion of people who are pensionable age (21%) compared to the proportion for Scotland (19%).
Further work is being done by analytical partners across the Scottish Government, NRS, Public Health Scotland and the NHS to consider how we can better understand the impact of COVID-19 on the people of Scotland.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-index-multiple-deprivation-2020/pages/5/
The 2020 SIMD report shows that Inverclyde has a high proportion of data zones which are part of the 40% most deprived data zones in Scotland. A total of 59% of Inverclyde's data zones are from the cohort of the 40% most deprived data zones in Scotland.
Statistics published this week by National Records of Scotland (NRS) show that people living in the most deprived areas of Scotland were 2.3 times more likely to die with COVID-19 than those living in the least deprived areas.
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/covid19stats
Analysis of the NRS data shows that (year to date up to 10 May), Inverclyde local authority had the highest rate of death from COVID-19 across all local authorities (at 132 deaths per 100,000). There will be other factors alongside deprivation that will contribute to this, for example, Inverclyde has a higher proportion of people who are pensionable age (21%) compared to the proportion for Scotland (19%).
Further work is being done by analytical partners across the Scottish Government, NRS, Public Health Scotland and the NHS to consider how we can better understand the impact of COVID-19 on the people of Scotland.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-28860 by reference.