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

<strong>Health</strong> and lifestyles summary
We have looked at a range <strong>of</strong> different health and lifestyle indicators in this chapter. Whilst
acknowledging this is not a complete list, we have focused on those key indicators which are
likely to have the greatest impact upon the health <strong>of</strong> people in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent. The
performance <strong>of</strong> these indicators is summarised in table 4.
Across the majority <strong>of</strong> the health and lifestyle indicators in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent, there has been an
improvement in performance and a reduction in the gap between the city and England. The
main challenges are around mortality from respiratory disease, smoking, and breastfeeding
at 6 to 8 weeks. It will also be important to monitor infant mortality (which has shown an
increase for the first time in two years), and mortality from cancer (where rates have
struggled historically to reduce consistently).
Table 4
Performance <strong>of</strong> health and lifestyle indicators in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent
Indicator Trend 1 Gap 2
<strong>Health</strong>
Life expectancy (males) Reducing
Life expectancy (females) Increasing
All cause mortality Reducing
Cancer mortality No clear trend
Circulatory disease mortality Reducing
Respiratory disease mortality No clear trend Increasing
Infant mortality No clear trend Reducing
Teenage pregnancy Reducing
Lifestyles
Smoking No clear trend Increasing
4 week smoking quitters Reducing
Smoking during pregnancy No clear trend
Breastfeeding (at birth) Reducing
Breastfeeding (6-8 weeks) Increasing
Alcohol admissions Reducing
Obesity (adults) No clear trend No clear trend
Obesity (Reception children) No clear trend
Obesity (Year 6 children) No clear trend
Physical activity Reducing
1 Performance between current and previous years in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent
2 Gap between <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent and England (based on current and previous years)
Query
Why is there an increasing gap if the trend shows improvement
This occurs because, whilst there has been an improvement in this year’s
performance in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent compared to the previous year, the England
average performance has improved at a faster rate which makes it appear that the
performance <strong>of</strong> <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent compared to England has worsened
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