Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2003
Table 5.15 Tackling the major killers
Theme: Preventing illness and providing effective treatment and care
No |
Indicator definition |
13.1 |
Proportion of women aged 65-70 who have been successfully screened for breast cancer (Performance indicator is aged 53-64) |
13.2 |
Tuberculosis notification rate per 100,000 population (directly standardised rates) |
13.3 |
Proportion of those treated waiting more than 3 months for revascularisation |
13.4 |
Proportion of those treated waiting more than 3 months for angiography |
13.5 |
Proportion of cancer patients waiting more than one month between diagnosis and treatment |
13.6 |
Number of emergency admissions of children aged under 16 with lower respiratory infections, per 100,000 resident children (age sex standardised) |
13.7 |
Emergency admissions to hospital for people of all ages per 1000 people |
13.8 |
Proportion of people admitted for stroke, admitted to a hospital with a specialised stroke service |
13.9 |
Age-standardised mortality rate (direct standardised mortality rate per 100,000 population) from circulatory disease for those aged under 75 |
13.10 |
Age-standardised mortality rate (direct standardised mortality rate per 100,000 population) from cancer for those aged under 75 |
13.11 |
Age-standardised mortality rate from lung cancer for those aged under 75 |
13.12 |
Life expectancy at birth |
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