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Health Profile for Southend-on-Sea 2006

Health Profile for Southend-on-Sea 2006. Presentation to Southend Community Services Scrutiny Committee 18 th July 2006 Andrea Atherton & Nicola Smith Department of Public Health Southend PCT. Background. Choosing Health White Paper 2004:

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Health Profile for Southend-on-Sea 2006

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  1. Health Profile for Southend-on-Sea 2006 Presentation to Southend Community Services Scrutiny Committee 18th July 2006 Andrea Atherton & Nicola Smith Department of Public Health Southend PCT

  2. Background • Choosing Health White Paper 2004: ‘ We will develop a standard set of local health information that can be linked to other local data sets for publication. Public Health Observatories will produce reports designed for local communities at local authority level.’

  3. Health Profiles • Have been developed for all 387 local authorities in England • Basis of ‘Health Profile for England’ due to be launched in September

  4. What are health profiles? • A set of indicators commissioned by DoH, produced by Public Health Observatories • Provide health information about local communities for local communities • Will be published annually • Aim to help identify priority areas for local action

  5. The Health Profile Indicator Set • Agreed criteria for choosing indicators • Consultation with stakeholders • Are a number of ‘temporary indicators’ e.g. synthetic estimates • Total of 31 indicators • Grouped under 5 domains

  6. The wider determinants of health

  7. Interpretation of the health profile Of the 31 indictors compared with England average: • 13 are not significantly different • 4 are significantly better • 7 significantly worse • 7 - no data

  8. Exploring the data: Gaps Smoking in pregnancy Breast feeding Obese children Physically active children Physically active adults Children’s tooth decay Sexually transmitted infection

  9. Exploring the data:‘significantly worse’ than England • Violent crime • Older people supported at home • Teenage pregnancy • Road injuries and deaths • Mental health treatment • Alcohol related hospital stays • Drug misuse treatment

  10. Exploring the data:‘significantly better’ than England • Poor quality housing • GSCE attainment (5 A-C) • Feeling in ‘poor health’ • People with diabetes

  11. Exploring the data:Other messages • Use Census population • Unemployment higher than rest of region • 1 in 4 children live in poverty • Deaths from heart disease, stroke and cancer are falling • Life expectancy is increasing • Health inequalities: difference in life expectancy 6.3 years

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