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Table 2: Overweight and obesity prevalence among children, by age, 2002-04( 1) —England
	Percentage
Aged 2-3
Obese	11.6
Overweight including obese	25.2
Aged 4-5
Obese	12.8
Overweight including obese	27.2
Aged 6-7
Obese	13.5
Overweight including obese	26.7
Aged 8-10
Obese	18.7
Overweight including obese	31.8
Aged 11-12
Obese	22.0
Overweight including obese	37.6
Aged 13-15
Obese	19.5
Overweight including obese	34.1
Bases (unweighted)(2)
Aged 2-3	1,130
Aged 4-5	1,410
Aged 6-7	1,559
Aged 8-10	2,360
Aged 11-12	1,616
Aged 13-15	2,361
Bases (weighted for selection only)( 3)
Aged 2-3	1,232
Aged 4-5	1,552
Aged 6-7	1,757
Aged 8-10	2,645
Aged 11-12	1,767
Aged 13-15	2,505
(1) Data are aggregated over the three years, 2002, 2003 and 2004 to achieve a sufficiently large sample for analyse at this level (2) Unweighted figures are raw unadjusted figures (3) Weighted figures are adjusted for child selection only and not non-response Sources: Health Survey for England 2002. The Department of Health Health Survey for England 2003. The Department of Health Health Survey for England 2004. The Information Centre

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Table 3: Overweight and obesity prevalence among children by Government office region (GOR) and age, 2002-04( 1) —England
Percentage
	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humber	East Midlands	West Midlands	East England	London	South East	South West
Aged 2-10
Overweight	13.8	12.9	15.4	16.4	14.1	12.9	12.3	12.5	12.8
Obese	16.4	14.4	13.6	14.8	17.4	13.4	18.8	13.9	12.7
Aged 11-15
Overweight	13.7	14.8	15.3	11.9	13.1	13.7	17.0	17.1	16.1
Obese	24.0	20.8	20.0	20.2	24.3	18.7	22.5	18.1	18.3
Aged 2-15
Overweight	13.8	13.6	15.4	14.7	13.8	13.2	14.1	14.2	14.0
Obese	19.5	16.8	15.8	16.9	19.9	15.3	20.1	15.4	14.8
Bases (unweighted)( 2)
Aged 2-10	372	891	700	588	682	743	791	1,041	651
Aged 11-15	250	584	406	366	417	436	470	636	412
Aged 2-15	622	1,475	1,106	954	1,099	1,179	1,261	1,677	1,063
Bases (weighted for selection only)( 3)
Aged 2-10	399	1,021	780	641	768	808	881	1,162	725
Aged 11-15	273	634	424	395	447	462	517	682	438
Aged 2-15	673	1,655	1,204	1,036	1,216	1,271	1,398	1,844	1,163
(1) Data aggregated over the three years, 2002, 2003, and 2004 to achieve a sufficiently large sample for analysis at this level (2) Unweighted figures are raw unadjusted figures (3) Weighted figures are adjusted for child selection only and not non-response Sources: Health Survey for England 2002. The Department of Health Health Survey for England 2003. The Department of Health Health Survey for England 2004. The Information Centre

Paramedical Staff: Training

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many paramedics are in training in each strategic health authority area in England; and what the numbers were in 2005. [159988]

Ann Keen: Information on the numbers of paramedics in training is not held centrally. However the following table shows the number of qualified paramedics since 1997 has increased by 1,782 or 27 per cent.

England as at 30 September each year
headcount
	Paramedics
1997	6,440
1998	6,526
1999	6,498
2000	6,790
2001	7,075
2002	7,147
2003	7,241
2004	7,536
2005	8,311
2006(1)	8,222
(1).More accurate validation in 2006 has resulted in 9,858 duplicate records being identified and removed from the non-medical census.. (These 9,858 duplicate records, broken down by main staff group, are: 3,370 qualified nurses; 1,818 qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff; 2,719 support to doctors and nurses; 1,562 NHS infrastructure support; and 389 in other areas.) The impact of duplicates on FTE has been minimal with the removal of 507. Source: Non Med Census

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