Where
Wealth means Health: Illustrating Inequality in the North West*
is
the most comprehensive study of health inequalities in the North
West of England yet to be undertaken. The report
identifies
how a range of the most common, debilitating and life threatening
health and social conditions affect those in the poorest areas
of the region far more frequently than those in the most affluent.Contents & Figures
Foreword & Executive
Summary
1. Introduction
2. Inequalities
and Health Policy
3. Characteristics
of the North West
4. Measuring
and Illustrating Health Inequalities in the North West
5. North
West Progress in Tackling Health Inequalities
6. Poverty and
Income
7. General
Health Indicators
8. Circulatory
Diseases and Elective Treatments
9. Cancer
10. Elective
Endoscopic Investigative Procedures
11. Common
Emergency Admissions (excluding CHD)
12. Conditions
with Increasing or High Prevalence
13. Common
Elective Hospital Procedures
14. Childhood
Elective Treatments
15. Adverse
Effects of Treatment
16. Road
Traffic Accidents and All Accidents
17. Mental
Health, Self-harm and Alcohol Specific Conditions
18. Violence
19. Deaths
Attributable to Lifestyle Factors
20. Lifestyle
Factors Affecting Health
21. Births
Data
Appendices & References
Full
Report (50Mb - large file will take
a long while to download)
Data Links/Reports
Select
North West small area data by a choice of tools
Your
Local Health Profile
Life Expectancy
by Cause for North West Local Authorities (Charts)
Life Expectancy by Cause for North West Local Authorities (Data)
Life Expectancy historic trends & neutral trajectories
Using Geodemographics to Illustrate Health Inequalities
* Suggested citation: Wood J,
Hennell T, Jones A, Hooper J, Tocque K, Bellis MA. Where Wealth
means Health:
Illustrating Inequality in the North West. North West Public Health
Observatory. January 2006. ISBN: 1-902051-77-7
Website updated 6th January 2006
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