Health Statistics Supporting Evidenced-Based Practice
Welcome to the South of Tyne and Wear Compendium of Health Related Statistics. This document contains a comprehensive range of information describing the health of the populations of Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland. It accompanies the Annual Reports of the Directors of Public Health in each of the three areas.
The contents of the compendium are organised in two distinct ways - by health improvement theme:
Adding Life to Years
Adding Years to Life
Reducing Health Inequalities
and by clinical theme:
Accidents
Cancer
Circulatory Disease (CHD and stroke)
Demography
Deprivation
Endocrine, metabolic and neurological diseases
Fertility
Health and Lifestyles
Health of Infants, Children and Young People
Infectious Disease
Mental Health
Mortality
Older People
Respiratory Disease
Substance Misuse
Each chapter can be accessed from the menu on the right. If you don’t have access to the internet you can request these documents on CD from the address below.
Each data item can be viewed online or downloaded in pdf format. The pdf documents must be viewed using Adobe Reader. To install Adobe Reader visit www.adobe.com
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