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Tag Archives: Office for National Statistics
Statistics on the Baby Boomer Generation’s Problem Drinking (BBC News / ONS)
Summary The latest Office for National Statistics lifestyle survey indicates that although alcohol consumption is declining in the UK generally, rates of drinking remain high among some age groups. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2017). Are Britons falling out of love … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Drinking Habits in Great Britain - 2005 to 2016: Office for National Statistics, Ageing, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Alcohol, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse in Older People, Alcohol or Substance Misuse, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Baby Boomers, Baby-Boomer Generation, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Binge Drinking, Cancer Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Factors, Dietary Risk Factors, Dr Tony Rao: Co-Chairman of Older People's Substance Misuse Working Group at Royal College of Psychiatrists, Elderly Alcohol Abuse, Excess Alcohol Consumption, High Alcohol Consumption, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Moderate Alcohol Consumption, Modifiable Risk Factors, Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Older People's Substance Misuse Working Group: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN): Office for National Statistics, Problem Drinking, Risk Factors, Royal College of Psychiatrists' Older People's Substance Misuse Working Group, Substance Misuse, Substance Misuse in Older People
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Dementia Tops Leading Causes of Death in England and Wales (BBC News / ONS)
Summary Official statistics, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on deaths for men and women (combined) registered in England and Wales during 2015, show that dementia has become the main cause of death overall. There are several reasons behind … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 2015. Office for National Statistics, Age-Standardised Mortality Rate (ASMR), Age-Standardised Mortality Rates (ASMRs), Ageing and Dementia, Ageing in the UK, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4: More or Less Programme, Cause of Death Coding Changes, Coding of Dementia, Deaths Registered in England and Wales, Deaths Registered in England and Wales (Series DR), Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Leading Cause of Death in 2015, Dementia Coding, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Female Age-Standardised Mortality Rates: Top 5 Leading Causes - 2001 to 2015, Hilary Evans: Charity Director of Alzheimer’s Research UK, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Key Mortality Trends (UK), Leading Causes of Death for Females (2015), Leading Causes of Death for Males (2015), Leading Causes of Death in England and Wales, Male Age-Standardised Mortality Rates: Top 5 Leading Causes - 2001 to 2015, Martina Kane: Alzheimer's Society, More or Less Programme (BBC Radio 4), Mortality Data from the Office for National Statistics, Mortality Statistics, Mortality Trends, Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS)
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Increase in Deaths in England and Wales in 2015 Accountable to Dementia and Flu? (BBC News / BMJ / ONS)
Summary Last year’s unexpected increase in the number of deaths, in England and Wales, appears to have resulted from the increase in dementia and respiratory diseases such as influenza among older people. Full Text Link Reference Spike in deaths ‘due … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Mortality, BBC Health News, BMJ, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Dementia and Flu, Dementia and Mortality, Excess Mortality, Excess Winter Mortality, Increase in Deaths in England and Wales During 2015, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, National Statistics, Office for National Statistics, Office of National Statistics (ONS), Office of National Statistics Mortality Data, Provisional Analysis of Death Registrations: 2015
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UK Stroke and Dementia Research: Under-Funding Persists (BMJ Open / Guardian)
Summary The levels of research funding upon cancer, coronary heart disease (CHD), dementia and stroke were compared, in relation to burden of each of these diseases in terms of their prevalence, disability adjusted life years and economic burden. This analysis … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NIHR, Parkinson's Disease, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BMJ Open, Burden of Dementia, Burden of Disease, Cancer, Cognitive Function and Ageing Study, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Dementia Disability Adjusted Life Years, Dementia Research, Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY), European Community Concerted Action on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Dementia (EURODEM), General Register Office for Scotland, Guardian, Health Economics Research Centre: University of Oxford, Mortality Statistics, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency, Nuffield Department of Population Health: University of Oxford, Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Resource Allocation to Brain Research in Europe (RABRE), Stroke and Dementia Research Under-Funding, Stroke Disease Disability Adjusted Life Years, UK Clinical Research Collaboration, UK Health Research Analysis, UK Health Research Funding, UK Medical Research Spending (2008 and 2012), UK Stroke and Dementia Research, Underfunding of Stroke Research, University of Oxford
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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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Avoidable Mortality in England and Wales (NHS Choices / BBC News / ONS)
Summary The Office for National Statistics (ONS) takes avoidable mortality to mean deaths caused by “conditions which should not occur in the presence of timely and effective health care or through wider public health interventions”. According to latest statistics, in … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Age-Standardised Years of Life Lost (SYLL), Amenable Mortality, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Mortality in England and Wales: 2012 (ONS), Avoidable Mortality in the European Union, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, British Heart Foundation, Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), CVD: Cardiovascular Disease, England and Wales. Lung Cancer, Epidemiology and Statistics, Female Avoidable Deaths, Heart Disease, Incidence of Lung Cancer, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Male Avoidable Deaths, Measuring Mortality, Mortality, Mortality Analysis Team: Life Events and Population Sources Division (ONS), Mortality Data from the Office for National Statistics, Mortality Statistics, Neoplasms, North of England, Office for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), ONS Mortality Data, Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL), Preventable Mortality, South and East of England, Standardised Years of Life Lost (SYLL)
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