Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2004

Table 6.1: Count and percentage of population living within set walking times of their nearest  General Practice


  5 minutes 10 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes Over 30 minutes
n % n % n % n % n %
All Households 20907 5.3 95333 24.4 260710 66.7 349340 89.4 41505 10.6
All People 56777 5.8 256043 26.2 665247 68.1 876094 89.7 101140 10.3
               
Children aged under 4 4854 6.9 21433 30.6 50365 72 63903 91.3 6090 8.7
               
People aged 65 74 4034 5.5 17995 24.4 48361 65.5 65733 89 8144 11
People aged 75 84 2507 4.9 11773 23.1 33064 64.8 45520 89.2 5509 10.8
People aged 85 89 607 5.2 2848 24.3 7746 66 10508 89.6 1220 10.4
People aged 90  over 268 5 1461 27.1 3597 66.6 4943 91.6 455 8.4
               
Population who are living in the 44272 10.6 167188 40 337722 80.8 402599 96.3 15364 3.7
 bottom decile of deprivation
               
One Person Pensioner 2925 5.1 13440 23.7 37640 66.3 51174 90.1 5623 9.9
Lone Parent with Dependent children 2309 6.1 10105 26.8 26319 69.8 34326 91 3395 9
Lone Parent with Non Dependent children 872 5.8 3762 25 10135 67.2 13665 90.6 1412 9.4
               
People with LLTI 11589 6 51843 27 133107 69.3 174164 90.7 17859 9.3
People of working age with LLT 5881 6.4 25789 28.1 64985 70.8 83623 91.1 8213 8.9
               
Economically inactive:  Permanently sick 2924 6.5 12882 28.5 32456 71.7 41516 91.8 3733 8.2
               
Households without access to a car 9603 6.4 42075 28 107638 71.6 139034 92.4 11366 7.6
LLTI = limiting long term illness
Note: a non-dependent child is aged over 16, either married or not in full time education.

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