Inequalities in the four nations
Cardiovascular disease both drives and reflects wider health inequality in the UK population. The BHF is engaged in various pieces of work to highlight and address this problem, which manifests itself in socio-economic status, gender, ethnicity and other characteristics.
Public data on CVD and socio-economic status is robust and we have completed a four-nations series on this topic. These reports are freely available to help researchers and policymakers understand where interventions may have the highest impact.
Data on ethnicity is harder to come by, and we are working on how these gaps can be filled. We have explored gender-based inequality in our report, Bias and Biology.
What we will do to address inequalities
We will be drawing together all this work, with new analysis, into two landmark reports on the overall topic of cardiovascular disease inequalities.
One report, to be published early 2025, will use quantitative and qualitative data to paint a nationwide picture on the state of inequalities in cardiovascular health.
A second report, to be published in Spring 2025, will build on these insights by exploring the underlying drivers and developing policy recommendations for the UK Government and health system leaders.