Notes on 2002 Compendium
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Please read these notes before accessing the compendium download page.
(See the link below).
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Disclosure
At the request of the Office of National Statistics all numbers under 5 have been suppressed. NHS staff may access the complete dataset at
nww.nchod.nhs.uk
Notes
If you are not familiar with the contents of the Compendium you will be amazed at the variety of ways of presenting data. Remember to use the excellent notes page for descriptors and issues for each set of indicators. Read the descriptors carefully, particularly for base year(s), method of standardisation and age-groups
Inequalities
The only data available on deprivation in this version is IMD 2000 at Local Authority, Health Authority(!) and PCG(!) levels. You may wish to use the PCT indicators at
http://www.swpho.org.uk/pctdata/index.htm
As you probably know Townsend and Jarman cannot be calculated from 2001 Census data. To compare your area with similar ones look at the
This is an analysis of 42 Census variables, Look under Corresponding LAs to find your closest matches, and Maps to see what the patterns look like. Cluster Summaries show the characteristics of the groups
2001 Census data
Not included in this version. NCHOD hope to have it in the next version You will find it at
Neighbourhood Statistics
Population
All rates have been recalculated using 2001 Census-based populations, so will probably not be comparable with that from previous Compendia.
The generic population indicators contain revised population estimates from 1991-2001 including PCTs from 1998, and also resident and GP registered populations for PCTs 2001
Effects of re-coding mortality data from ICD-9 to ICD-10
Pooled mortality data is calculated from 1999 and 2001, not on three years data as in previous versions
The issues and conversion factors for presenting mortality trends following the conversion are well discussed in the notes
Risk factors
The Health Survey for England report, published in 2000 based on data from 1996-98 seems to be the most recent lifestyle data. I have added HSE to the file name, and the file suffix is _00, so you won’t be disappointed when you see the name and think there is a new source of information
Cancer Incidence
Because PCT populations are only available from 1998 the PCT pooled incidence is based on 1998-2000 data, whereas other areas are based on 1997-2000 data. They are presented on separate sheets
Extra information
If you are on NHSnet you can get extra information, maps and archived data from:
http://nww.nchod.nhs.uk
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