04a JSNA Appendix , item 5. PDF 6 MB - Lambeth Council

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admissions in 2007-08 over 2006-07 and admissions due to circulatory diseases
and skin have fallen in comparison to the total admissions in 2007-08.
• Lambeth has a higher incidence of mental illness than other cosmopolitan areas in
London. There were approximately 4500 people with severe and enduring mental
illness receiving treatment through a care programme approach via the integrated
mental health service in Lambeth.
STATUS
• In general, the health of people in Lambeth is significantly poorer than the
England average.
• Life expectancy in males and females is lower and deaths from smoking
and early deaths from heart disease, stroke and cancer are higher than the
rest of England.
• Just over three quarters of Lambeth residents rate their own health as good
or very good. This rises to 89% among private renters (compared with 71%
among council tenants), 90% among 18-34 year olds and 86% among AB
residents and full time workers. Health ratings are unsurprisingly lower
among people with long-term limiting illness (27%) and older people (55%).
Black Caribbean residents (69%) are less positive about their health.
Life expectancy
• A baby boy born in Lambeth during 2004-06 could on average expect to live
75.1 years and a baby girl could expect to live to 80.1 years 15 . Ten years
ago these figures were 71.3 and 78.1 years respectively, so life expectancy
has lengthened and gap between the sexes has narrowed. However, a baby
boy in Lambeth lives 2.2 years less and a baby girl 1.5 years less than the
equivalent babies in England and Wales where males live to 77.3 years,
and females to 81.6 years on average.
Birth rate
• Exponential projection using the number of births in the previous year
shows a growing trend in births over the next five years.
• Birth weight / Crude birth weight (awaiting returns from hospital (Acute and
Community))
Mortality rate
• The infant mortality rate is 5.8 children per 1,000 live births. 1 This compares
with 4.9 and 5 per 1,000 in London and England. 16 The infant mortality rate
is reducing and the inequality gap is getting narrower with plans in place to
further reduce this gap over the next five years.
• The all age all cause mortality rate in Lambeth has fallen significantly in the
past few years but it remains above the England and London average.
• Coronary heart disease remains the single most preventable cause of all
deaths in Lambeth followed by cerebro-vascular diseases (stroke), cancer
and chronic lung diseases.
• The rate of health inequality between Lambeth residents and the England
and Wales average has reduced for women, with the cancer reduction
particularly notable, bringing Lambeth down to E&W averages. Further
challenges remain in relation to securing an equivalent improvement in
men's health.
15 Department of Health area profile 24 June 2008.
16 London Borough of Lambeth. State of the Borough: The evidence base supporting the Sustainable
Community Strategy. 2008.
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