West Midlands Key Health Data 2006/07
LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviations
ASH |
Action on Smoking and Health |
BBC |
Birmingham and Black Country |
BEACHeS |
Birmingham Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle for Children Study |
BMI |
Body Mass Index |
BMJ |
British Medical Journal |
CHD |
Coronary Heart Disease |
COPD |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
CVD |
Coronary Vascular Disease |
D(A)AT |
Drug (& Alcohol) Action Team |
DIP |
Drug Intervention Programme |
DSR |
Direct Standardised Rate |
EDT |
Electronic Data Transfer |
EISS |
European Influenza Surveillance Scheme |
EWGLI |
England and Wales Working Group for Legionella Infections |
GFR |
General Fertility Rate |
GHS |
General Household Survey |
GIS |
Geographical Information Systems |
GOR |
Government Office region |
GP |
General Practitioner |
HES |
Hospital Episodes Statistics |
HMRA |
Housing Market Renewal Area |
HPA |
Health Protection Agency |
HPU |
Health Protection Unit |
HSE |
Health Survey for England |
IC |
Information Commission |
ICD - 9 or 10 |
International Classification of Disease Version 9 or Version 10 |
IFS |
Infant Feeding Survey |
LA |
Local Authority |
LDPR |
Local Delivery Plan Returns |
MOSA |
Medical Officers of Schools Association |
NCHOD |
National Centre for Health Outcomes Development |
NCOD |
National Childhood Obesity Database |
NDTMS |
National Drug Treatment Monitoring Service |
NHS |
National Health Service |
NHSCR |
National Health Service Central Register |
NI |
National Insurance |
NICE |
National Institute of Clinical Excellence |
NIRS |
National Insurance Recording System |
NPEU |
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit |
NSF |
National Service Framework |
NTA |
National Treatment Agency |
ONS |
Office of National Statistics |
OS |
Ordnance Survey |
OSLO |
Ordnance Survey Liaison Officers |
PbR |
Payment by Results |
PCT |
Primary Care Trust |
PGA |
Pan Government Agreement |
PSA |
Prostate Specific Antigen |
RSU |
Regional Surveillance Unit |
TFR |
Total Fertility Rate |
UKACR |
United Kingdom of Cancer Registries |
WHO |
World Health Organisation |
WMCIU |
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit |
WMPHO |
West Midlands Public Health Observatory |
WMPI |
West Midlands Perinatal Institute |
For more information please contact Sarafina
Cotterill
© Department
of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham