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This collection of indicators helps organisations measure health and the diverse range of factors which influence health inequalities in their local population, such as unemployment, poverty, crime and education. The indicators were originally created to help Primary Care Trusts and Local Authorities...
Crime imposes economic costs, reinforces social exclusion and can hasten the environmental decline of neighbourhoods. Fear of crime can make people reluctant to walk or even use public transport or go out after dark. Much acquisitive crime, such as shop lifting and burglary, is committed by drug-misusing...
To monitor employment, poverty and deprivation
To monitor maternal, infant and child health
To monitor the “major killers” in UK health related mortality.
This section relates to the high level objective for improving access to and standards of services for patients.
The detrimental effects of smoking are widely known. There are large differences in smoking prevalence and consumption in the UK, varying by age, sex, social class, employment status, and ethnicity. People in deprived circumstances are not only more likely to take up smoking but generally start younger,...
As of October 2018, please refer to the homelessness statistics published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for the following indicator:
Motor vehicle traffic accidents are a major cause of preventable deaths and morbidity, particularly in younger age groups. For children and for men aged 20-64 years, mortality rates for motor vehicle traffic accidents are higher in lower socioeconomic groups. For instance, there would be 600 fewer deaths...
Please note that LBOI indicators 3.1 and 3.2 have been discontinued and there will be no future updates.