Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2000
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Abbreviations
| AA | Attendance Allowance | |
| A & E | Accident and Emergency Unit | |
| CDSC | Communicable Disease Surveillance Unit | |
| CHD | Coronary Heart Disease | |
| CHS | Community Health Services | |
| CsCDC | Consultants for Communicable Disease Control | |
| DALY | Disability Adjusted Life Year | |
| DLA | Disability Living Allowance | |
| DoH | Department of Health | |
| GMS | General Medical Services | |
| GPs | General Practitioners | |
| GU | Genito-urinary Medicine | |
| HA | Health Authority | |
| HES | Hospital Episode Statistics | |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus | |
| ICD9 | International Classification of Diseases - Version 9 | |
| ICD10 | International Classification of Diseases - Version 10 | |
| IS | Income Support | |
| LA | Local Authority | |
| OHN | Our Healthier Nation | |
| ONS | Office of National Statistics | |
| PCG | Primary Care Group | |
| RDMD | Regional Drugs Misuse Database | |
| STI | Sexually Transmitted Infections | |
| TB | Tuberculosis | |
| UKADCU | UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinating Unit | |
| YLD | Years of Life lived with a Disability | |
| YLL | Years of Life Lost |
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