Select Committee on Health Report


Table 3.1c

AGE STANDARDISED MORTALITY RATES FOR OUR HEALTHIER NATION INDICATORS, 1994-96

Rates per 100,000 population

Health Authority (1) Circulatory Diseases
aged under 65
All Cancers
aged under 65
ENGLAND66.1381.22
Barnsley84.2898.67
Bedfordshire60.3674.19
Bradford80.8582.67
Doncaster71.4588.19
East London & City96.31 95.27
Gateshead & South Tyneside80.79 98.90
Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham81.56 88.63
Manchester116.96114.63
Newcastle & North Tyneside79.33 102.36
North Cumbria70.0281.60
Northumberland69.61 80.64
Rotherham82.9188.10
Salford & Trafford82.27 95.20
Sandwell98.5799.02
South & West Devon58.85 81.17
Sunderland81.7294.20
Footnotes:

  1.  England and Health Authorities which are, or include, or are included within, first wave Health Action Zones. Bedfordshire HA includes the Luton HAZ, and South & West Devon HA includes the Plymouth HAZ—data for these OHN indicators are not available on HAZ boundaries.

  2.  The data were calculated directly by the National Institute of Epidemiology, University of Surrey, and are unpublished.


Table 3.1c (continued)

AGE STANDARDISED MORTALITY RATES FOR OUR HEALTHIER NATION INDICATORS, 1994-96

Rates per 100,000 population

Health Authority (1) Suicide & Undetermined
Injury all ages
ENGLAND9.21
Barnsley10.36
Bedfordshire8.29
Bradford9.17
Doncaster10.36
East London & City9.37
Gateshead & South Tyneside12.07
Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham12.24
Manchester14.98
Newcastle & North Tyneside11.37
North Cumbria11.09
Northumberland9.30
Rotherham7.42
Salford & Trafford9.84
Sandwell8.26
South & West Devon10.47
Sunderland9.56
Footnotes:

1.  England and Health Authorities which are, or include, or are included within, first wave Health Action Zones. Bedfordshire HA includes the Luton HAZ, and South & West Devon HA includes the Plymouth HAZ—data for these OHN indicators are not available on HAZ boundaries.

2.  The source of the data is the Public Health Common Data Set 1997.


Table 3.1c (continued)

AGE STANDARDISED MORTALITY RATES FOR OUR HEALTHIER NATION INDICATORS, 1994-96

Rates per 100,000 population (2)

Health Authority (1)Accidents
under age 15
Accidents
aged 15-24
Accidents
aged 65 and over
ENGLAND4.43 17.2952.83
Barnsley5.4916.38 37.60
Bedfordshire4.4220.09 66.12
Bradford12.0713.64 64.79
Doncaster7.4118.32 66.30
East London & City3.95 10.8748.53
Gateshead & South Tyneside3.31 12.1077.03
Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham3.49 8.0351.33
Manchester5.0819.68 65.67
Newcastle & North Tyneside5.89 9.9265.81
North Cumbria9.9233.60 72.19
Northumberland6.3816.73 68.14
Rotherham4.6015.79 24.73
Salford & Trafford4.52 14.4950.08
Sandwell6.1710.39 72.74
South & West Devon1.25 17.5947.90
Sunderland6.6611.28 68.95

Footnotes:

1.  England and Health Authorities which are, or include, or are included within, first wave Health Action Zones. Bedfordshire HA includes the Luton HAZ, and South & West Devon HA includes the Plymouth HAZ—data for these OHN indicators are not available on HAZ boundaries.

2.  Mortality rates from accidents are used as a proxy for Our Healthier Nation indicators, as data on morbidity are not currently available at local level. The indicators above are used for monitoring the former Health of the Nation targets for accident mortality.

3.  The source of the data is the Public Health Common Data Set 1997.




 
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