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Global Burden of Disease (Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 1990-2016) Study: 2018 Update (Lancet Neurology)
Summary An update to the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) Study of 2016 has been published. The number of people living with dementia globally appears to have more than doubled between 1990 to 2016. “In the … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
Tagged Age Standardised Death Rates, Age-Standardised Years of Life Lost (SYLL), Ageing Population, All-Cause Mortality, All-Cause Mortality and Cause-Specific Mortality for 249 Causes of Death (1980–2015), Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Amenable Mortality, Behavioural Risk Factors, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, DALYs, Dementia and Mortality, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Risk Factors, Diet High in Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY), Disease Burden, DisMod-MR 2.1 Model, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, GBD 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Collaborators, Global Burden of Diseases Injuries and Risk Factors (GBD) Study, High Body-Mass Index (BMI), High Fasting Plasma Glucose, Lancet Neurology, Life Expectancy, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Modeling Causes of Death: Integrated Approach Using CODEm, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality, Prevalence, Prevalence of Cancer, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Programmes, Public Health, Risk Factors, Smoking, Social Epidemiology, Sugar- and Artificially Sweetened Beverages, Years Lost Due to Disability (YLD), Years of Life Lost (YLLs), YLDs
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Health Profile for England: a Contribution Towards the NHS Ten Year Plan (BBC News / PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) have published their second “Health Profile for England” report. This attempts to give a comprehensive and up-to-date summary of the population’s health in England, with projections for the future. Evidence in this annual report is … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Absolute and Relative Measures of Inequality, Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) in England, Affluence and Health Inequalities, Age-Standardised Mortality Rates (ASMRs), Age-Standardised Years of Life Lost (SYLL), Ageing Population, BBC Health News, Causes of Death, Child Health, Cross-Country Comparisons, Current and Emerging Health Protection Issues: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Leading Cause of Death in 2015, Dental Decay in Children, Deprivation and Leading Causes of Death, Developing the Long Term Plan for the NHS. September 2018 Consultation (NHS England), Diabetes, Duncan Selbie: Chief Executive of Public Health England, Early Life, Emerging Health Protection Issues, English Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), English Indices of Deprivation, European Comparisons, Excess Weight in Children, Female Life Expectancy, Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD), Good Level of Development in Children, GP Patient Survey (GPPS), Health and Care Suitable for an Ageing Population, Health Care Workforce, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Socio-Economic Inequalities in Health, Health Inequalities in England, Health of Children in Early Years: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Health Profile for England (2018), Health Profile for England (PHE), Health Profile for England - 2018: Current and Emerging Health Protection Issues, Health Profile for England - 2018: Health of Children in Early Years, Health Profile for England - 2018: Inequalities in Health, Health Profile for England - 2018: Methods Data and Definitions Issues, Health Profile for England - 2018: Population Change and Trends in Life Expectancy, Health Profile for England - 2018: Trends in Morbidity and Risk Factors, Health Profile for England - 2018: Trends in Mortality, Health Profile for England - 2018: Wider Determinants of Health, Health Profile for England: 2017, Health Protection, Health Protection Issues, Healthy Life Expectancy, Healthy Life Expectancy and Years Lived in Poor Health, Hearing Loss, Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), Inequalities in Health: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Innovation, Innovation for an Ageing Population, Innovation in the NHS, International Comparisons, John Newton: Director of Health Improvement at Public Health England, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy and Causes of Death, Life Expectancy at Birth: Female (Life Expectancy and Causes of Death), Life Expectancy at Birth: Male (Life Expectancy and Causes of Death), Life Expectancy Projections, Low Birthweight at Term, Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs), Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) Within England, Male Life Expectancy, Mean Deviation (Measure of Inequality), Methods Data and Definitions Issues: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Minimum Income Standard (MIS), Morbidity and Risk Factors, Mortality Trends, Muscle and Joint Problems, Musculoskeletal Disorders, National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), National Population Projections, Neurological Conditions, NHS 10 Year Plan, Obesity, PHE Forecasts (ForecastPro), PHE: Public Health England, Population Change and Trends in Life Expectancy: Health Profile for England - 2018, Population Projections, Proportion of Life Spent in Poor Health, Public Health England (PHE), Quality of Life Score (EQ-5D), Relative Index of Inequality, Relative Index of Inequality (RII), Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Sight Loss, Slope Index of Inequality, Slope Index of Inequality (SII) for Any Indicator, Slope Index of Inequality (SII) for Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy in England, Slope Index of Inequality in Life Expectancy, Smoking, Smoking at Time of Booking, Smoking Prevalence, Smoking Status At Time of Delivery, Smoking Status at Time of Delivery (Children’s and Young People’s Health), Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health (SDH), Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, State of Nation’s Health Revealed (PHE), Teenage Conceptions, Ten Year Plan for NHS, Trends in Morbidity and Risk Factors: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Trends in Mortality: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Wellbeing in an Ageing Population, Wider Determinants of Health, Wider Determinants of Health: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Workforce Challenges, Workforce Issues, Years Lived in Poor Health, Years Lived With Disability (YLD)
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UK “Health at a Glance 2017” Using OECD Indicators (BBC News / OECD)
Summary The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Health at a Glance provides “the latest comparable data and trends on the performance of health systems in OECD countries”. Britain appears to be the “most obese nation” in Western Europe, … Continue reading
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Tagged Access to Care, Access to Services, Access to Treatment, Alcohol Consumption, Cancer Survival, Cancer Survival Rates in England, Delayed Discharges, Epidemiology, European Community Health Indicators (ECHI), European Health, European Union (EU), Finance, Financial Context, Financial Issues, Financing of Health Care, Health Expenditure, Health: Financing, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, International Comparisons, International Health Care Comparisons, International Perspectives, Life Expectancy, Men vs. Women (Diseease Prevalence), Mortality, NHS Workforce, Obesity, OECD, OECD Health Policy Studies, OECD Indicators, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Overweight, Public Health, Smoking, Social Epidemiology
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Dementia Risk Reduction: Suggestions for Lifestyle Modification (NHS Choices / Lancet / BBC News / AAIC)
Summary A large-scale international review, by the Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention and Care (LCDPIC), suggests that perhaps one in three cases of dementia could be prevented if people took steps to follow healthier lifestyles and so protect their … Continue reading
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