South West Public Health O bservatory
Updates from the Internet  12 December  2001  No. 1 1
 Department of Health

Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2001  
Key chapters:  Health inequalities    High blood pressure    Liver cirrhosis    Report as 702Kb pdf file 10 December

Prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis Infections in the UK 2000: Annual Report   Supplementary data tables can be found on the Public Health Laboratory Service's site 7 December

NHS Cancer Plan: Making Progress 3 December

Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2000
"...amongst secondary schoolchildren aged 11 - 15"  30 November

  Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions 

Government meets target on reducing rough sleeping   3 December

  Department for Education and Skills 

Education and Training Statistics for the United Kingdom 2000 30 November

 National Statistics (ONS) 

Results from Living in Britain - the 2000 General Household Survey - are released today by National Statistics exclusively as a   A paper version of the report will be available in January 2002.  11 December

   "...source of official statistics about the regions"       6 December

published by the Department for Work and Pensions
 NSQR Series No. 5 - Income Support Statistics
 NSQR Series No. 6 - Job Seeker's Allowance Statistics
 NSQR Series No. 7 - Child Support Agency Statistics      all 30 November

Economic Trends

Britain Update  (115 Kb - pdf)

  National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths 

Changing the way we operate - the 13th Report 3 December

  Sustainable Development Commission 

Annual Review   "The SDC will consider how a sustainable development approach could enable the NHS to promote better health in the way it buys food - not just for patients but for the wider community" 29 November

  BBC News 

"...ultrasound scans may cause brain changes in unborn babies"  BBC news item   abstract of original paper

Young men 'need better health care'  BBC news item

  Health Development Agency 

Health services leave young men out of the picture, says new report. 12 December
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  Journal articles

How many deaths are caused by second hand cigarette smoke? Alistair Woodward and Murray Laugesen
Tobacco Control 2001; 10: 383-388. [Abstract] [Full text]  

Occupational exposure to magnetic fields relative to mortality from brain tumours: updated and revised findings from a study of United Kingdom electricity generation and transmission workers, 1973-97.Sorahan T, et al Occup Environ Med. 2001 Oct;58(10):626-30. Abstract

Stillbirth and neonatal mortality due to congenital anomalies: temporal trends and variation by small area deprivation scores in England and Wales, 1986-96. Neasham D, et al Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2001 Oct;15(4):364-73. Abstract
 
Regional variations in stroke care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: results from the National Sentinel Audit of Stroke. Royal College of Physicians Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party.  Rudd AG, et al  Clin Rehabil. 2001 Oct;15(5):562-72. Abstract
 
Deaths from antidepressants in England and Wales 1993-1997: analysis of a new national database. Shah R, et al  Psychol Med. 2001 Oct;31(7):1203-10.  Abstract
 
Trends in deaths from drug overdose and poisoning in England and Wales 1993-1998. Shah R, et al  J Public Health Med. 2001 Sep;23(3):242-6. Abstract
 
Widespread body pain and mortality: prospective population based study. Macfarlane GJ, et al   BMJ. 2001 Sep 22;323(7314):662-5. Abstract
 
The relation between mortality from malignant melanoma and early detection in the Cancer Research Campaign Mole Watcher Study.  Melia J, Moss S, et al  Br J Cancer. 2001 Sep 14;85(6):803-7.   Abstract
 
Sex matters: secular and geographical trends in sex differences in coronary heart disease mortality. Lawlor DA, et al BMJ. 2001 Sep 8;323(7312):541-5.   Abstract
 
Cancer survival increases in Europe, but international differences remain wide.
Eur J Cancer 2001 Sep;37(13):1659-67  Abstract
 

  Recommended web site 

Exeter Medical Library  Exeter Medical Library Electronic Journals Page   A comprehensive guide to online availability of electronic journals.

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Callum MacLeod
SWPHO