Health
- Cancer and Circulatory Disease
- Mental Health
- Infant Mortality
- Teenage Pregnancy
- Infectious Diseases
- Immunisations
Cancer and Circulatory Disease
Both nationally and locally, incidence of Cancer, Circulatory Disease (which includes CHD) and strokes are major causes of ill-health and death. Recently rates have started to decrease in Haringey. In 2002 the death rate for cancer was 181 per 100,000 compared to 186 for London as a whole.
Rates for Cancer and CHD are below the national average and are comparable to similar areas. However the rate for stroke (9.74 per 100,000 population) remains higher than both the London and England and Wales averages of 9.74 and 8.92 pern 100,000 population respectively (Source: Office for National Statistics).
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At any one time around 1 in 4 adults have a mental health problem such as anxiety or depression. Mental Health Admissions for Haringey are much higher than in London and surrounding boroughs. However admissions account for a fraction of those that actually suffer with mental illness. Some conditions remain unrecognised and others are treated adequately in the primary care setting.
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Infant mortality and the proportion of low birth-weight babies are key indicators of health and inequality. Infant mortality in Haringey (2002) was 6.9 per 1000 live births compared to 5.7 in London. For low birth-weight babies (2002), 6.49% of Haringey babies weighed under 2,500 grams at birth compared to the national figure of 6.20%. The percentage of low birth weight babies in Haringey is decreasing, but not as quickly as it is nationally (Source: London Health Observatory).
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Pregnancy in adolescence increases the risk of poor health and social outcome for both mother and baby. In Haringey the rate of teenage conceptions is above the national average and has steadily increased during the 1990s. The latest data (2001 - 2003) shows a Haringey conception rate to women aged 15 - 17 of 74.4 per 1000 compared to 42.8 for England and Wales.
The rate in Haringey has increased, whilst the national rate appears to have stabilised. Under-18 conception rate is 68.1 per 1000, with highest rates in wards with the highest levels of poverty and deprivation (Source: Teenage Pregnancy Unit 2004).
|Back to topInfectious Diseases
Communicable diseases continue to be a health threat to the local population with infectious disease admissions remaining high. Tuberculosis (TB) is of particular concern. However, there has been a decrease in TB notifications from 158 in 2000 to 131 in 2003. The incidence rate has also decreased from 70.2 per 100,000 population in 2000 to 57.6 per 100,000 population in 2003 (Source: Health Protection Agency).
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Reported uptake of all childhood immunisations remains lower than national levels and well below the target rate of 95%. Immunisations for Diphtheria, Tetanus, Hib and Meningitis C were at 85% compared to 94% nationally. For MMR the rate was 72% compared to 80% nationally (Source: Health Protection Agency).
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Update MePage Last Updated: 2 May 2008
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