Health and Social Care

This article analyses by age two of the current measures of national well-being: ‘satisfaction with income’ and ‘those who are finding their financial situation quite or very difficult’ and their effects on and their relationship to well-being. There will also be some indication of change in perceived financial situation over time and other characteristics of individuals. The data used will be from Understanding Society, the UKHLS.

This release presents trends in estimates of mortality rates for males and females of working age in English regions and Wales, from 2001-03 to 2008-10, calculated using population denominators derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The analysis is based on the seven class reduced National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC).

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.

Information note

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.

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.

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.

This bulletin provides analysis and commentary on the trend in age-specific mortality rates by NS-SEC between 1982–86 and 2002–06 in England and Wales, focusing on older ages.

This artice informs users of an update to the methodology used to calculate health expectancies.

This short story presents a picture of the provision of unpaid care in England and Wales in 2011, with an overview of key findings at regional and local authority level and by area deprivation groupings. This story is also accompanied by interactive maps and video podcast.

This article explores the most recent annual under 18 conception data using three year aggregates and averages. It highlights patterns in the data and explores possible reasons for these patterns. Under 18 conceptions are considered in context, with comparisons drawn to under 16 conceptions as well as selected population and urban aspects.

Pre-release access list for the 2011 Census: Quick Statistics for Wales, March 2011 release

This short story presents a picture of limitations in day-to-day activities because of a health problem or disability in England and Wales in 2011, with an overview of key findings at regional and local authority level and by area deprivation groupings. This story is also accompanied by interactive maps and video podcast.

Pre-release access list for the 2011 Census: Quick Statistics for England and Wales, March 2011 release

Pre-release access list for the Alcohol-related deaths bulletin, 2011.

This document lists all persons who have been granted pre-release access, 24 hours before the date of publication.

Index of Cancer Survival for Primary Care Trusts in England: Pre-release access list

Pre-Release Access List for Cancer Survival by Cancer Network, England: Patients diagnosed in 1997 to 2010 followed up to 2011

PDF download of Pre-release Access List for Public Service Productivity Estimates: Healthcare 2010

PDF download of Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the United Kingdom pre-release access list

This document lists all persons who have been granted pre-release access, 24 hours before the date of publication.

Measuring National Well-being: Life in the UK 2012 provides a unique overview of well-being in the UK today. The report is the first snapshot of life in the UK to be delivered by the Measuring National Well-being programme and will be updated and published annually. Well-being is discussed in terms of the economy, people and the environment. Information such as the unemployment rate or number of crimes against the person are presented alongside data on people’s thoughts and feelings, for example, satisfaction with our jobs or leisure time and fear of crime. Together, a richer picture on ‘how society is doing’ is provided

Comparison of how disabled and non-disabled people participate in society in a number of life areas. This report will present findings from Wave Two of the survey, focusing on changes since Wave One.

Adults who have offset from impairment

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