Scottish Heart Disease Statistics
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Supporting People with Dementia in Acute Care
www.knowledge.scot.nhs.ukas will many of the statistics given in this ... date by checking the websites of the Scottish Government or Alzheimer Scotland. Given these statistics, it is essential that all staff working in acute general hospitals and emergency departments are able to recognise ... chronic obstructive airways disease, heart disease and arthritis. These ...
Facts and figures on the NHS at 70 - The Nuffield Trust
www.nuffieldtrust.org.ukDeaths from heart disease (% of all deaths) 1948 (England and Wales) 2017 . England and Wales) 28.8. 15.7. ... Vital statistics: population and health reference . tables November 2017 . 9 ... the Scottish and Welsh health services are devolved . April 2004: NHS Foundation Trusts
Health inequalities and the social determinants of health
www.rcn.org.ukIllustrative statistics ... • There is an 18.5 year difference in the number of years Scottish men will, on ... In 1997 the Labour Government put tackling health inequalities at the heart of its health agenda and issued a number of policy documents and related targets. For
Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care
www.npeu.ox.ac.ukCardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of women’s deaths during or after pregnancy in the UK and Ireland. There has been no reduction in the maternal mortality rate from heart disease in the UK for more than 15 years. We must all become more aware that heart disease can and does affect young women, and that the additional strain
Birmingham Lifestyle Services
www.birminghambeheard.org.ukSmoking increases the risks of stroke, heart disease, lung disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and a number of types of cancer. Smoking also harms non-smokers. Children exposed to smoke in the home have an increased risk of cot death, meningitis and increased frequency of lung infections and asthma attacks.
OBESITY in SCOTLAND OBESITY IN SCOTLAND Briefing
www.obesityactionscotland.orgthe Scottish Health Survey1 provides a detailed picture of the health of the Scottish population. Each year the survey provides BMI data for adults and children. Routine Child Health Reviews2 which include height and weight are undertaken in Primary 1 (age 4 to 6) covering 92% of that population group. The resulting statistics report BMI annually.
NHS SCOTLAND NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR SERVICE …
www.sehd.scot.nhs.ukIn the UK, 60% of hospital bed days are devoted to chronic disease or its complications3. It is claimed that, of the 11 leading causes of hospital bed use in the UK, 8 are due to conditions that with strengthened community care would lead to a fall in bed use3. In the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey, 31% of all households in Scotland