Director of Public Health Annual Report 2012 [pdf] - Stoke-on-Trent ...

Years <strong>of</strong> life
Figure 3
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Difference in life expectancy between the most affluent and most deprived
people in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent between 2001-2005 and 2006-2010
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8
6
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<strong>Stoke</strong> (males)
England (males)
<strong>Stoke</strong> (females)
England (females)
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0
2001-2005 2002-2006 2003-2007 2004-2008 2005-2009 2006-2010
Year
Source: Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Observatories <strong>2012</strong>
All causes <strong>of</strong> death
The number <strong>of</strong> people dying in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent continues to fall, and in 2011, there were
2,311 deaths from all causes. The three main causes <strong>of</strong> death <strong>of</strong> local people were cancer
(732 deaths, 31.7% <strong>of</strong> the total), circulatory disease (581, 25.1%) and respiratory disease
(371, 16.1%). Between them, these three accounted for 72.9% <strong>of</strong> all deaths (figure 4).
Of those who died, 31 (1.3%) were infants aged under one, 44 (1.9%) were aged between 1
and 34 years, 836 (36.2%) were aged between 35 and 74 years, and 1,400 (60.6%) were
aged 75 years and over.
The three main causes <strong>of</strong> death in local people were:
• cancer
• circulatory disease
• respiratory disease
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