The Biological Inequity Index

Centric Lab partnered with CGG, a global geoscience technology company, to create a Biological Inequities Index of Great Britain.

A team of geospatial data scientists and neuroscientists have developed the index as a way to communicate the environmental trends that influence our health.

We are making this data available to support community oriented, justice-led work.

  • Biological inequity , also known as biological inequality, refers to “systematic, unfair, and avoidable stress-related biological differences which increase risk of disease, observed between social groups of a population”. The term developed by Centric Lab aims to unify societal factors with the biological underpinnings of health inequities – the unfair and avoidable differences in health status and risks between social groups of a population - such that these inequalities can be investigated in a holistic manner.

  • This data is to inform ideas, framings, communications, and strategies around communicating the ecological relationship between health and place. There is a lot of nuance in the development of this Index therefore it is inappropriate and unadvised for it to be used without consultation for cross referencing with other data. We can support you in that endeavour if you contact Centric Lab directly - hello@thecentriclab.com

  • Statistical analysis of places are not accurately reflecting the ecological influences on health. This index is built on research into HPA-Axis dysregulation as a result of chronic exposure to environmental (air, noise, light, heat) pollution and psychosocial (marginalisation, structural deprivation, etc) stressors.

    It provides a more accurate lens to investigate the frequently disregarded “wider determinants of health”. Through this index we are able to challenge the political and commercial determinants of health that result in the social and environmental conditions people are exposed to.

The Data

We have made this index available at MSOA level through a series of regionally divided interactive maps.

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Please note that it is without prejudice that we do not permit the use of the data without prior consent. If you are intending to use this data for a specific purpose please contact us to prevent inaccuracies. This is to safeguard justice-led data being (un)intentionally used for ulterior motives and furthering injustices.