South West Public Health Observatory

Some reports may be in Adobe portable document format (pdf). See 

Health inequalities in the South West:  data from Geographic Variations in Health Graphs, charts and tables from the decennial publication with links to download locations

Tackling Health Inequalities
DOH Consultation document 23 August 2001

DOH update March 2002 (pdf file)

Life Expectancy in the South West

Rural health and deprivation: the South West of England

North and East Devon Health Forum
"Tackling inequalities in health through partnerships in North and East Devon"

Deprivation and childhood obesity: a cross sectional study of 20,973 children in Plymouth, United Kingdom

Deprivation and childhood obesity: a cross sectional study of 20,973 children in Plymouth, United Kingdom.  

Deprivation and childhood obesity: a cross sectional study of 20,973 children in Plymouth, United Kingdom - Abstract    Sanjay Kinra, Robert P Nelder, and Gill J Lewendon J Epidemiol Community Health 2000 54: 456-460.

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The Public Health Observatory is part of the South West Observatory, a wider Regional intelligence function, currently supported by the South West Regional Assembly, the Department of Health, the Department for Education and Employment, Government Office South West, the South West of England Regional Development Agency and the Environment Agency.