Public health statistics

Mortality rates

In the last annual updates of the mortality monitoring bulletins (published in October and December 2011), it was signalled that the intention was to review the format and content of the bulletins before the next annual updates in light of the indicators in the Transparency section of the Department of Health Business Plan 2011-15, and the forthcoming Public Health Outcomes Framework.

We can now confirm that no future editions of the mortality monitoring bulletins will be published.  The first Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) [see link below] was published in January 2012 and includes a number of mortality indicators, as well as an improved inequalities indicator on life expectancy.  The first baseline data for the PHOF will be published by DH in Autumn 2012 and monitoring data to support PHOF indicators will be published regularly in future by Public Health England (PHE) at national and upper tier local authority level (and by inequalities and equalities breakdowns where feasible).

Link to the first Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF)
 http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_132358

Attached below are analyses of progress in respect of Department of Health targets for 2010.

• Mortality Monitoring Bulletin (Infant mortality, inequalities): update to include data for 2010
• Mortality Monitoring Bulletin (Life expectancy and all-age-all-cause mortality, and mortality from selected causes, overall and inequalities): update to include data for 2010
• Mortality Monitoring Bulletin (infant mortality, inequalities): update to include data for 2009
• Mortality Monitoring Bulletin (Life expectancy and all-age-all-cause mortality, and mortality from selected causes, overall and inequalities): update to include data for 2009
• Mortality target monitoring (infant mortality, inequalities) update to include data for 2008
• Mortality target monitoring (life expectancy and all-age all-cause mortality, overall and inequalities): update to include data for 2008
• Mortality target monitoring: update to include data for 2008
• Mortality target monitoring (infant mortality, inequalities): update to include data for 2007
• Life Expectancy and All Age All Cause Mortality Monitoring (Overall and Health Inequalities) - Update to include data for 2007
• Mortality Target Monitoring: Update to include data for 2007
• Mortality Target Monitoring: update to include data for 2006

Smoking, drinking and drug use

Statistics on the use and misuse of alcohol, on smoking including smoking cessation services, and on drug use, misuse and treatment.

• Smoking, drinking and drug use statistics pre 2005 available from the National Archives (opens new window)

Indicators of the nation's health

Local Health profiles draw together information to present a picture of health in each local area in a user-friendly form. They give up-to-date information on key health issues such as childhood obesity, skin cancer (malignant melanoma), deaths from smoking, hospital stays due to alcohol misuse and early deaths from cancer and heart disease; information which is essential for planning local services for communities.

The annual Health profile of England provides a collation of national and regional data to provide a baseline against which people can compare data from their own local health profile. In addition, a range of international comparisons are presented.

Local Health Profiles in England

• Local Health Profiles 2012
• Local Health Profiles, 2011
• Health Profile of England 2009
• Health Profile of England 2008
• Health profile of England 2007
• Health profile of England 2006

Local indicators on breastfeeding, smoking and obesity

These reports summarise data collected from Primary Care Trusts about the initiation of breastfeeding, the prevalence of breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks, smoking status of pregnant women at the time of delivery, GP recorded smoking status and GP recorded obesity status.

Breastfeeding, Smoking and Obesity

Statistical releases: breastfeeding initiation, breastfeeding prevalence at 6 to 8 weeks, smoking status at time of delivery, GP recorded smoking status and GP recorded obesity status (BMI)

• Statistical releases on breastfeeding, smoking and obesity

Abortions

These bulletins summarise information from the abortion notification forms returned to the Chief Medical Officers of England and Wales in respect of abortions carried out in England and Wales.

Please note this section is no longer being updated

For information about Abortion/termination of pregnancy in England and Wales please see:

http://transparency.dh.gov.uk/abortiontermination-of-pregnancy-in-england-and-wales/

For the latest Abortion statistics published after 2010 see:

http://transparency.dh.gov.uk/category/statistics/abortion/

Attached below are Abortion statistics published between 2002 and 2010

• Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2010
• Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2009
• Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2008
• Abortion statistics, England and Wales 2007
• Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2006
• Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2005
• Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2004
• Abortion statistics, England and Wales, 2003
• Abortion statistics, England and Wales, 2002
• Statistical bulletins from 1991-2001 are available on request. Please email the abortion statistics mailbox at, Email: abortion.statistics@dh.gsi.gov.uk (opens new window)