Introduction To define the need for healthcare and plan an appropriate healthcare system, the population-level needs model should be applied. The relationship between poverty and ill health has been studied for more than 100 years (scotch NHS web) and repeated studies have shown a strong relationship between material deprivation, ill health and the need for health services (course material). In general terms, more socially disadvantaged populations experience greater health problems and underutilize the healthcare system. It is therefore appropriate for population-based indicators of need to include some measure of social deprivation as this will capture an element of healthcare need that is not necessarily evident when looking at the actual pattern of use. The construction of adequate indicators of material deprivation in the population can therefore play an important role in the health planning process. (course material). Factors such as single parents, children, the elderly, limited car ownership, and unemployment have been identified as contributing to the need for primary healthcare. Carstairs scores have been widely used as standard measures of social deprivation in health planning and analysis studies. It uses four variables. The aim of this article is to construct and map a health-oriented deprivation index for a study area in southern England. Methodology There are many indices of deprivation that are not based exclusively on census data. Moran and Baker 2006 selected the Carstais Deprivation Index to analyze current patterns of material deprivation in England and Wales because it is based only on census results which have the advantage of allowing objective results for the whole population. Mor...... half of the paper ......e. This shows the shaded wards with the gray areas being the least deprived and the areas colored pink and red being the most deprived. The most deprived areas were concentrated around the cities of Portsmouth, Havant and Southampton, where the population was obviously dense. Conclusions Mapping allows the identification of geographical patterns of deprivation within regions. Philip McLoone 1994 emphasized the importance of taking into account other characteristics of small areas – such as their demographics and urban/rural differences – which are also important for health planning. However, the carstairs score reflects the socio-economic characteristics of the localities. According to the deprivation map we could conclude that the need for healthcare is more likely to be greater in densely populated urban centres. Furthermore, it is clearly seen that rural areas are mostly classified under conditions of minimal and moderate deprivation.