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Theme: Health and Social Care

Healthy life expectancy at birth - Males (UK)
63.5 years
2008-10
Healthy life expectancy at birth - Females (UK)
65.7 years
2008-10
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Infant deaths (England and Wales) 3,025 in 2011
Deaths from cancer (UK) 156,200 each year, 2008-10
Alcohol related deaths (UK) 8,748 in 2011
Sub-national life expectancy in UK

Animated map of sub-national life expectancy in the UK

A look at male and female life expectancy for areas across the UK
Sub-national life expectancy in UK

Animated map of sub-national life expectancy in the UK

A look at male and female life expectancy for areas across the UK
Cancer Statistics for England, 2010

Video Summary: Cancer Statistics for England, 2010

A podcast describing the production of cancer statistics with a focus on breast cancer
Unpaid care

Inequality in the provision of unpaid care infographic

Showing provision of unpaid care by males and females in England and Wales in 2011
Sub-national health expectancies

Video Summary: Subnational health expectancies

A discussion about life expectancy by area, region and local authority districts in England
Why has the fertility rate risen over the last decade in England and Wales?
The fertility rate peaked in 2010 with the highest total fertility rate since 1973
Babies born in England and Wales had a father with an average age of 32.6 in 2011
Fathers tend to be older than mothers; average age of mothers was 29.7
Summary: Providing unpaid care may have an adverse affect on young carers’ general health
A summary of unpaid care by 5 to 17-year-olds in England and Wales
Testicular cancer incidence rates have more than doubled in the last 40 years
Survival rates increased by 40% during the same period
Infant mortality rate in England and Wales hits record low
There were 4.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2011
Summary: Inequality in the provision of unpaid care in England and Wales
Investigates the provision of unpaid care by males and females in England and Wales in 2011
Related links
Results of the Cancer Incidence and Survival Statistics User Consultation
How these statistics should be developed in the future
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Key Publications

Statistical bulletin: Deaths Registered in England and Wales (Series DR), 2011 06-Nov-2012
This bulletin presents the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in 2011 by age, sex and selected underlying cause of death.
Statistical bulletin: Cancer registrations in England, 2010 24-Apr-2012
Cancer statistics covering numbers of new cases, incidence and survival rates in England each year.
Statistical bulletin: Health Expectancies at Birth and at Age 65 in the United Kingdom, 2008–2010 29-Aug-2012
This bulletin presents figures for healthy life expectancy (HLE) and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) at birth and at age 65 for males and females in the UK and constituent countries in 2008–10 and compares this period with 2005–07. HLE and DFLE add a dimension of the quality of life expectancy (LE), providing users with a summary measure of the time spent in favourable and unfavourable health states, which can be used to inform policy, planning and research in both public and private sectors in areas such as health, population and pensions.

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Latest Publications

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  • Measuring National Well-being - Health, 2013 19-Jun-2013
    Information on the selected domains and indicators that measure National Well-being. Articles draw together social and economic data from a wide range of government departments and other organisations
  • Measuring National Well-being 13-Jun-2013
    This article analyses by age two of the current measures of national well-being: ‘satisfaction with income’ and ‘those who are finding their financial situation quite or very difficult’ and their effects on and their relationship to well-being. There will also be some indication of change in perceived financial situation over time and other characteristics of individuals. The data used will be from Understanding Society, the UKHLS.
  • Measuring National Well-being - Self reported financial situation, 2013 13-Jun-2013
    This article analyses by age two of the current measures of national well-being: ‘satisfaction with income’ and ‘those who are finding their financial situation quite or very difficult’ and their effects on and their relationship to well-being. There will also be some indication of change in perceived financial situation over time and other characteristics of individuals. The data used will be from Understanding Society, the UKHLS.
  • Pre-release access list: Trends in all-cause mortality by NS-SEC for English regions and Wales, 2001-03 to 2008-10 (Pdf 24Kb) 24-May-2013
    This release presents trends in estimates of mortality rates for males and females of working age in English regions and Wales, from 2001-03 to 2008-10, calculated using population denominators derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The analysis is based on the seven class reduced National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC).
  • Trends in All-cause Mortality by NS-SEC for English Regions and Wales, 2001–03 to 2008–10 24-May-2013
    This release presents trends in estimates of mortality rates for males and females of working age in English regions and Wales, from 2001-03 to 2008-10, calculated using population denominators derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The analysis is based on the seven class reduced National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC).
  • Avoidable mortality in England and Wales, 2011 22-May-2013
    This bulletin presents mortality figures for causes of death that are considered avoidable in the presence of timely and effective healthcare or public health interventions (avoidable mortality). Figures are presented for England and Wales and the regions of England for the period 2001–2011. Trends in mortality by causes considered preventable (preventable mortality) or amenable to healthcare (amenable mortality), which are subsets of total avoidable mortality are also presented.
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Key Data

Reference table: Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered in 2011 (Series DR) Table 5 (Excel sheet 2850Kb) 06-Nov-2012
These tables provide numbers of deaths by age, sex and underlying cause in England and Wales. Figures are based on deaths registered in 2011. The ICD-10 codes shown are those where at least one death was coded to that underlying cause during the relevant reference period.
Reference table: Cancer Statistics Registrations, England, Series MB1 No. 41, 2010 (Excel sheet 1142Kb) 13-Jun-2012
Presents information on the number and rates of all types of cancer by age and sex, and by region of residence in England.
Reference table: Health Expectancies in the United Kingdom, 2000-2002 to 2008-2010 (Excel sheet 2947Kb) 29-Aug-2012
Health Expectancies in the United Kingdom between 2000-2002 to 2008-2010.

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