Revised 28 March 2003

No.  of households receiving intensive home care (More than 10 contact hours and 6 or more visits during the week) during the autumn 2001 sample week

Population aged 65 and over

Households receiving intensive home care per 1,000 population aged 65 and over

Metropolitan Districts

Birmingham

1,778

141,930

12.5

Coventry

904

45,959

19.7

Sandwell

737

46,567

15.8

Dudley

452

50,983

8.9

Solihull

349

33,668

10.4

Walsall

626

41,110

15.2

Wolverhampton

479

40,038

12

Shire Counties

Shropshire

466

51,297

9.1

Staffordshire

728

126,565

5.8

Warwickshire

406

82,071

4.9

Worcestershire

373

89,427

4.2

Unitary Authorities

Herefordshire UA

131

33,599

3.9

Stoke-on-Trent UA

431

39,109

11

Telford and the Wrekin UA

282

19,689

14.3

Source: DoH