Subject: Health of the Population

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.

The 2011 General Lifestyle Survey Overview report marks 40 years of results from a continuous household survey. The survey has monitored changes in the demographic, social and economic characteristics of households, families and people in Great Britain. These are some of the key changes measured by the survey during this time.

Data on smoking taken from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey including questions on cigarette consumption, type of cigarette smoked, how old respondents were when they started smoking, and dependence on cigarettes.

Data on drinking taken from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey on recent trends over time in drinking behaviour and detailed data for the 2011 survey year.

Data from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey on recent trends over time in self-reported health and data for the 2011 survey year.

A comparison of rates of death at specific ages by the seven class and three class NS-SEC schemas between 1982 and 2006. It includes commentary on the extent and direction of social inequality in mortality over time and present a picture of relative and absoute changes in life chances across the social strata.