8. PSA AND DSO PERFORMANCE
8.1.14 The Departmental Report 2009 states
that a baseline for assessment of DSO indicator 1.1 (Self-reported
measure of people's overall health) will be established in spring
2009 (p. 251). Could the Department now provide details of
this baseline and the related data? (Q105)
Answer
1. The baseline for assessment of DSO indicator
1.1 is the percentage of the adult population living in private
households in England who in 2008 described their health,
in general, as being very good or good.
2. In 2008, some 76 per cent of the
adult population in England described their health, in general,
as being very good or good. Self-reported general health was
higher in London and the south east, and lower in the north east.
Table 105 provides a breakdown of percentage figures for
self-reported general health by English region.
3. Baseline data were published by the Department
for Communities and Local Government in June 2009, in a statistical
release on the Place Survey 2008, England:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/statistics/placesurvey2008
Table 105
PERCENTAGE DESCRIBING HEALTH IN GENERAL AS
VERY GOOD OR GOOD BY GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION AND ENGLAND
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| Region | Percentage of adult population describing health in general as very good or good
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| North East (1) | 70%
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| North West | 73%
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| Yorkshire & the Humber | 73%
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| East Midlands | 74%
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| West Midlands | 73%
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| East of England | 77%
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| London (1) | 79%
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| South East (1) | 79%
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| South West | 77%
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| England | 76%
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| Source: |
| Health Improvement Analytical Team, DH (Place Survey 2008, England).
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Footnotes:
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| 1. The difference between the results for the north east, and for London and the south east, is statistically significant at the 95% level.
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| 2. Data quality : Each local council is responsible for running the Place Survey in their local area, using a core questionnaire and technical manual supplied by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG). The manual sets out eight common standards that local councils need to meet in conducting the survey. According to CLG, there is no evidence that any particular localities were under-represented, though response rates in some areas were low. Following a quality review of the survey conducted by CLG, provisional results and confidence intervals were revised.
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