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Tag Archives: England and Wales
Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales: 2014/15 and 2017/8 (BBC News / ONS)
Summary Figures from the Office for National Statistics indicate that there were an estimated 43,900 excess deaths in England and Wales during the Winter of 2014/15. This was not a particularly cold Winter. Most of the excess Winter mortality involved … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Panorama: Get Rich or Die Young, England and Wales, Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses, Excess Winter Mortality, Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales 2014/15 (Provisional) and 2013/14 (Final), Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales: 2014/15, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Influenza, Influenza, Mortality Data from the Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Physical Wellbeing, Preparations for Winter, Preventable Excess Winter Deaths, Seasonal Mortality, Wellbeing, Wellbeing and an Ageing Population, Wellbeing in Later Life, Winter Influenza Vaccination, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures
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Updated Official Statistics on Ageing in the UK (BBC News / ONS)
Summary Official statistics show that there were 840 people aged 90 and over per 100,000 in England and Wales in 2013; which is was slightly higher than in Scotland (707 per 100,000) and Northern Ireland (620 per 100,000). There has … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged (KT) Kannisto-Thatcher Method, 90 and Over Population in the UK: By Single Year of Age, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Aubrey de Grey (Gerontologist), Australian Bureau of Statistics, BBC Health News, Centenarians, Centenarians By Sex (UK), Centenarians in the UK, Central Statistics Office Ireland, Cross-Country Comparisons, Czech Statistical Office, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Demography of Centenarians in England and Wales, Eastern European Countries, England and Wales, Estimates of the Very Old, Estimates of the Very Old (including Centenarians), Federal Statistics Office Germany, Female Life Expectancy, Female to Male Sex Ratios in Ageing, Human Longevity, International Comparisons, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy of Older People, Longevity, Male Life Expectancy, Mid Year Estimates (MYE), National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies-France, National Institute of Statistics Italy, National Life Tables, National Population Projections, National Records of Scotland, National Statistics Institute of Bulgaria, National Statistics Institute of Spain, Northern Ireland Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Office for Budget Responsibility, Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Official Statistics, Oldest Old, Oldest Old Age, Oldest Old in the United Kingdom, Oldest Old: the 85+ Age Group, Social Demographics, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Statistics Bureau of Japan, Statistics Canada, Statistics Denmark, Statistics Finland, Statistics Iceland, Statistics New Zealand, Statistics Norway, Statistics Sweden, UK Country Comparisons, United Nations, United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division), US Census Bureau, Very Old People
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Impact of Cause of Death Coding Changes on Dementia Mortality Statistics (ONS)
Summary Recent changes to the coding of chest infections in the collection and processing of mortality statistics has contributed to a (virtual, non-veridical) reduction of 2.5% in deaths given the underlying cause of respiratory disease and an increase of 7.0% … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Wales
Tagged Aspiration Pneumonia, Cause of Death Coding Changes, Chest Infections, Dementia Coding, Dementia Statistics, Diseases of the Nervous System (ICD-10 Codes G00–G99), England and Wales, Epidemiology and Statistics, EUROSTAT: Statistical Office of the European Union, Government Statistical Service, Health Statistics, Impact of IRIS on Mortality Statistics, IRIS (Eurostat), IRIS Institute: German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information in Cologne, IRIS Software, Lies Damned Lies and Statistics, Mental and Behavioural Disorders (ICD-10 Codes F00–F99), Mortality Medical Data System (MMDS), Mortality Statistics, National Statistics, Office of National Statistics (ONS), Office of National Statistics Mortality Data, Official Statistics, Statistical Anomalies, Statistical Epiphenomena, Statistics Policy, United States National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), World Health Organization's (WHO) International Classification of Diseases: Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
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The Environment and Health Atlas: England and Wales (BBC News / MRC / PHE)
Summary Researchers at Imperial College London have produced an online map of population-wide health information for England and Wales, which allows users to enter their postcodes to discover their local community’s risk of developing 14 conditions, including heart disease and … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, National, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Atlas of Variation, BBC Health News, Bladder Cancer, Brain Cancer, Breast Cancer, COPD Mortality, Coronary Heart Disease Mortality, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Imperial College London, England and Wales, England and Wales. Lung Cancer, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Geographical Distributions of Disease Risk and Environmental Agents, Geographical Variations, Geographical Variations in Disease Risk, Imperial College London, Imperial College London: Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU), Incidence of Bladder Cancer, Incidence of Brain Cancer, Incidence of Breast Cancer, Incidence of COPD Mortality, Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease Mortality, Incidence of Kidney Disease Mortality, Incidence of Leukaemia, Incidence of Liver Cancer, Incidence of Low Birth Weight, Incidence of Lung Cancer, Incidence of Malignant Melanoma, Incidence of Mesothelioma, Incidence of Prostate Cancer, Incidence of Still Birth, Kidney Disease Mortality, Leukaemia, Liver Cancer, Local Health Profiles, Local Information, Local Public Health, Local Variations, Low Birth Weight, Malignant Melanoma, Medical Research Council (MRC), Mesothelioma, MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health: Imperial College London, Prostate Cancer, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Reducing Variation, SAHSU: Small Area Health Statistics Unit, Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU), Still Birth, The Environment and Health Atlas: England and Wales, Variation Analysis
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Official Statistics on Ageing in the UK (BBC News / ONS)
Summary The number of people aged over 100 in the UK increased by 73% during the decade to 2012, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). There were 13,350 centenarians living in Britain in 2012, compared with 7,740 people … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, National, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, Statistics, UK, UK NSC, Universal Interest
Tagged Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Australian Bureau of Statistics, BBC Health News, Centenarians, Centenarians in the UK, Czech Statistical Office, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Demography of Centenarians in England and Wales, Eastern European Countries, England and Wales, Estimates of the Very Old, European Countries, Eurostat, Female Life Expectancy, Female to Male Sex Ratios in Ageing, International Comparisons, Japan, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy of Older People, Male Life Expectancy, Mid Year Estimates (MYE), National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies-France, National Institute of Statistics Italy, National Records of Scotland (NRS), National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria, National Statistics Institute of Spain, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Office for National Statistics (ONS), Official Statistics, Oldest Old, Oldest Old in the United Kingdom, Oldest Old: the 85+ Age Group, Oxford Institute of Ageing, Population Estimates, Social Demographics, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Statistics Bureau of Japan, Statistics Denmark, Statistics Finland, Statistics Norway, Statistics Sweden, US Census Bureau, Very Old People
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Official Statistics on Ageing in the UK (BBC News / ONS)
Summary The number of centenarians in England and Wales has increased five-fold over the past 30 years. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures indicate there were 12,320 people aged over 100 in England and Wales in 2012; while there … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, BBC Health News, Centenarians, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, England and Wales, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Oxford Institute of Ageing, Social Demographics
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