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Report on the health and wellbeing of children in the South West |
| Area Based Child Health Data in the South West |
The tables linked below list data sources relevant to child health policy in the South West of England. They are intended to help determine which data sources are currently being used in policy development and which would be more widely used if they were more easily accessible.
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- Section 1 Opinions of children and young people about their health; Population
- Section 2 Pregnancy, Births and Maternity; Families and Households
- Section 3 Deaths; Morbidity
- Section 4 Disability; Health Related Behaviour; Immunisation; Health Services
- Section 5 Vulnerable Children; Education, Crime; Deprivation; other measures
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| Notes to tables |
Data coverage
The datasets listed cover the whole of the South West region with the exception of data from ALSPAC which are available only for Avon.
Geographical units
The information about geographical units is intended primarily to indicate the scale at which data is available and does not necessarily imply data compatibility. For example, datasets categorised as containing ward level data may not be compatible because of variations in ward definitions.
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This data is currently available at the stated scale of geographical unit.F
This data will be available in the future at PCT level in the NHS Compendium of Clinical and Health Indicators 2002.P
SWPHO is planning to make this data accessible at the stated scale.E
SWPHO is currently developing estimates of this data at PCT level.
Access
Data that are listed as available on a website are that which are freely available to the public and can be immediately downloaded from the internet.
Census Dissemination Service, MIMAS
Census data held by MIMAS is currently only available to those who work or study in higher or further education but arrangements to make these services available to non-for-profit users outside these sectors are under consideration.
Acronyms and abbreviations
- A&E Accident and Emergency
- ALSPAC Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
- BASCD British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry
- Birth Counts Macfarlane A et al (2000) ‘Birth counts: Statistics of pregnancy and childbirth’, London: The Stationery Office
- CEMACH Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (launched in April 2003, CEMACH was founded on the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths - CEMD, and the Confidential Inquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy - CESDI)
- Compendium NHS Compendium of Clinical and Health Indicators 2001
- DfES Department for Education and Skills
- DoH Department of Health
- DTLR Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
- HA Health Authority
- HEA Health Education Authority
- HES Hospital Episode Statistics
- LA Local Authority
- MMR Measles, Mumps and Rubella
- NS National Statistics
- ONS Office for National Statistics
- OPCS Office for Population Censuses and Surveys
- PCT Primary Care Trust
- Reg. Region (Government Office Region or NHS Regional Office)
- SEN Special Education Needs
- SWPHO South West Public Health Authority
- UCAS Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
Key websites
- DfES
- Department for Transport
- DoH
- Nomis
- Public Health Laboratory Service
- SW Cancer Intelligence Service
- SWPHO
- UK Data Archive