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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