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The number of people claiming key benefits (JSA, IB, SDA, IS) as a percentage of the population of working age. Please note that although people can claim more than one benefit, these data have been modified to count each person only once, therefore they are a measure of the number of people claiming...
Growing up in poverty damages children’s health and well-being, adversely affecting their future health and life chances as adults. Ensuring a good environment in childhood, especially early childhood, is important. A considerable body of evidence links adverse childhood circumstances to poor child health...
Diabetes is a serious disease with serious consequences. It is the 5th leading cause of death globally and accounts for about 10% of NHS costs. The burden falls disproportionately on elderly and ethnic populations. We use the indicator in this context as a proxy for healthcare need and demand (a high...
For 2005/06 and 2006/07, this indicator measures the number of persons admitted to hospital for alcohol specific conditions (e.g. alcoholic liver disease, or acute alcohol intoxication). For 2007/08 onwards, this indicator uses a proportion of all admissions from conditions known to be wholly or partially...
The number of people claiming council tax benefit as a percentage of the number of households.
The percentage of schoolchildren in Reception Year classed as obese. N.B. Obesity in children is defined in this instance as those having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than the 95th percentile (using the British 1990 growth reference).
A summary document providing the index of multiple deprivation scores by local authority with values for 2004, 2007 and 2010 for measures such as score, rank, extent, local concentration, income scale and employment scale.
The slope index of inequality (SII) in all cancer mortality for persons under 75 years. The SII gives a single score describing the extent of inequality in each Local Authority, and is broadly comparable between areas. See below for further details on
The percentage of low birth weight births by local authority and local deprivation quintile.
Mortality from all cancers, directly age-standardised rate, persons, under 75 years, 2004-08 (pooled) per 100,000 European Standard population by Local Authority by local deprivation quintile.