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Infant deaths (England and Wales) 3,025 in 2011

Deaths from cancer (UK) 156,200 each year, 2008-10

Animated map of sub-national life expectancy in the UK

A look at male and female life expectancy for areas across the UK

Animated map of sub-national life expectancy in the UK

A look at male and female life expectancy for areas across the UK

Video Summary: Cancer Statistics for England, 2010

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

Inequality in the provision of unpaid care infographic

Showing provision of unpaid care by males and females in England and Wales in 2011

Video Summary: Subnational health expectancies

A discussion about life expectancy by area, region and local authority districts in England

Brain cancer rates have risen by a quarter over the past three decades

Deaths have increased over the same period but so has survival

Infant mortality rate in England and Wales hits record low

There were 4.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2011

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

Teenage pregnancies at lowest level since records began

Estimates of conceptions across England and Wales in 2011

Bowel cancer rates in England have risen since 1971

Mortality rates fall and survival estimates improve during same period

Smoking among adults has declined by half since 1974

Men still more likely to smoke than women, but the gap has narrowed

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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Inequality in the provision of unpaid care in England and Wales 16-May-2013
Investigates the provision of unpaid care by males and females in England and Wales in 2011, and how this varied by age, region and economic activity
Video Summary: Inequality in the provision of unpaid care in England and Wales 16-May-2013
This video summary describes the provision of unpaid care by males and females in England and Wales during 2011 and how this varied with age, general health status and economic activity across English regions and Wales. This accompanies a short story and infographic.
Video Summary: The Economy - International Comparisons 14-May-2013
This is a short video looking at international comparisons of one aspect of well-being, the economy.
Exporters and importers in Great Britain, 2011 30-Apr-2013
11% of registered businesses in GB were engaged in exporting in 2011, and 10% in importing
Brain cancer rates have risen by a quarter over the past three decades 26-Apr-2013
Deaths have increased over the same period but so has survival
Infant mortality rate in England and Wales hits record low 26-Apr-2013
There were 4.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2011

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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.
Expenditure on healthcare in the UK: 2011 08-May-2013
This release contains updated estimates for total healthcare expenditure in the UK between 1997 and 2011. Estimates are in current prices.
Information paper - Annual Business Survey (ABS): Exporters and importers in Great Britain, 2011 (Pdf 362Kb) 30-Apr-2013
Information note
Geographic Patterns of Cancer Survival in England: Patients followed up to 2011 18-Apr-2013
This bulletin presents estimates of age-standardised one- and five-year net survival for adults diagnosed with one of eight cancers in England during 2004–2006 and followed up to 2011. Annual trends in unstandardised net survival during 2002–2006 are also presented. Results are presented by Region, Strategic Health Authority, Cancer Network and by sex.
Measuring National Well-being - Children's well-being, 2013 04-Apr-2013
The article ‘Measuring National Well-being - Children’s Well-being, 2012’ (ONSa) reported children’s views on some aspects of their lives. This was based on data from the first wave of Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS).This summary further explores children’s reports of their well-being based on the second wave of the study (UKLS, 2011–12) and provides links to other sources of data about children’s well-being.
Chapter 7 - General health (General Lifestyle Survey Overview - a report on the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey) 07-Mar-2013
Data from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey on recent trends over time in self-reported health and data for the 2011 survey year.

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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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Avoidable mortality in England and Wales, 2011 - Reference table 1 (Excel sheet 153Kb) 22-May-2013
Dataset containing number of deaths, age-standardised mortality rates (with 95 per cent confidence intervals) and standardised years of life lost for causes considered avoidable in England and Wales, 2001-2011.
Avoidable mortality in England and Wales, 2011 - Reference table 2 (Excel sheet 95Kb) 22-May-2013
Dataset containing age-standardised mortality rates (with 95 per cent confidence intervals) for causes considered avoidable, England and Wales and English regions, 2001-2011.
Avoidable mortality in England and Wales, 2011 - Reference table 3 (Excel sheet 3278Kb) 22-May-2013
Dataset containing number of avoidable deaths by sex and five-year age groups, England and Wales, 2001-2011.
Table 1: Total, current, capital, public and private healthcare expenditure in the UK growth rates, 1998-2011 (Excel sheet 31Kb) 08-May-2013
Total, current, capital, public and private healthcare expenditure in the UK growth rates
Table 2: Current, capital, public and private healthcare expenditure in the UK (ratios) 1997-2011 (Excel sheet 32Kb) 08-May-2013
Current, capital, public and private healthcare expenditure in the UK (ratios)
Table 3: Revisions to total, current, capital, public and private healthcare expenditure compared to the previous article 1997-2010 (Excel sheet 38Kb) 08-May-2013
Revisions to total, current, capital, public and private expenditures

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Animated map of sub-national life expectancy in the UK

Video Summary: Cancer Statistics for England, 2010

Inequality in the provision of unpaid care infographic

Video Summary: Subnational health expectancies

Animated map of sub-national life expectancy in the UK

Video Summary: Cancer Statistics for England, 2010

Inequality in the provision of unpaid care infographic

Video Summary: Subnational health expectancies

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