Posted on 05/05/2010 6:41:41 PM PDT by Pharmboy
Fatal assaults 30 times higher among poor Scots than among most affluent The social patterning of deaths due to assault in Scotland, 1980-2005 Fatal assaults among the most disadvantaged in Scotland are more than 30 times as high as they are among the most affluent sectors of society, reveals research published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Estimates suggest that violence costs the Scottish economy around £3 billion a year in terms of healthcare, law enforcement, and lost productivity.
The authors base their findings on an analysis of all 1,109 certified deaths due to assault in Scotland between 1980 and 2005.
The murder rate in Scotland has been steadily increasing since 1980, accompanied by rising death rates from suicide, chronic liver disease and mental health problems related to drug and alcohol misuse.
The findings showed that the rate of fatal assaults was significantly higher in Scotland than in other high income countries in Europe, with rates among Scottish men more than double those of their European peers.
The most noticeable increase in fatal assaults was among men aged between 15 and 44, whose death rates doubled between 1981 and 2004.
Fatal stab wounds from knives and other sharp weapons accounted for most of this increase.
Despite the fact that fatal assaults made up just over 3% of deaths among men aged 15 to 44, these deaths accounted for almost 6.5% of the difference in death rates among the most and least deprived sectors of the population.
The death rate among men aged 20 to 59 with manual/labouring jobs was 12 times higher than it was among men of the same age with higher managerial/professional jobs.
Men under the age of 65 living in the most deprived areas were almost 32 times as likely to die following an assault as those living in the most affluent areas.
This rate of 127 per 100,000 of the population is the same as the death rate from stroke, and higher than the death rate from bowel cancer, say the authors.
Among women, the difference was even more striking. Those living in the most deprived areas were 35 times as likely to die following an assault as those living in the most affluent areas.
"Not only do these inequalities for assault exceed those for other causes of death in Scotland, but also they far exceed the ratio reported for homicide in Great Britain," say the authors.
Ping...
Could poor judgement and lack of self control have something to do with both? Enquiring minds want to know.
Single malts?
5000 years of history taught us this, but obviously a 21st century government grant led to this study.
I'm thinking gun control. They didn't happen to disarm the population around 1980, did they?
It’s racist to point out that poor people commit more violent crime.
Looking here for a picture of Groundskeeper Willie. Nothin.
Are all poor people more violent? Are the most violent always poor?
Exactly my thought. They should re-run the numbers with Glasgow excluded...:^)
Well, a Scotsman clad in kilt left the bar one evening fair
And one could tell by how he walked that he’d drunk more than his share
He fumbled ‘round until he could no longer keep his feet
And he stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street.
About that time two young and lovely girls just happened by
One says to the other with a twinkle in her eye
See yon sleeping Scotsman so strong and handsome built
I wonder if it’s true what they don’t wear beneath the kilt?
They crept up on that sleeping Scotsman quiet as could be
Lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see
And there behold for them to view beneath his Scottish skirt
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth!
They marveled for a moment then one said we must be gone
Let’s leave a present for our friend before we move along
As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon tied into a bow
Around the bonnie star the Scots kilt did lift and show.
Now the Scotsman woke to nature’s call and stumbled towards the trees
Behind the bush he lifts his kilt and gawks at what he sees
And in a startled voice he says to what’s before his eyes
Oh, lad I don’t know where you’ve been but I see you won first prize!
“Yes, we have a martial art in Scotland...It’s called fahkyew! and it mainly consists of headbutting and kicking people after they’re down.”
Rich people can afford more refined forms of recreation.
Especially after a Celtic-Rangers match.
ROLOFLMAO!
Time for Knife Control Laws.
Excellent! Thank you...
:’) Because “Drunken brawls 30 times higher among poor Scots...”
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