South Lakeland Health Improvement Plan - NHS Cumbria

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Figure 15.2) Death Rate from suicide and injury of undetermined intent excluding‘verdict pending’ 1993-2007. Dotted lines illustrate the trend over time. Source:Epidemiological Review of Suicide in Cumbria.CumbriaSouth Lakeland16. Problem Drug UseSubstance misuse can have many serious health risks due to the lack ofcontrol or supervision by medical professionals. Alongside the immediatehealth risks, some drugs can be addictive and lead to long-term damage tothe body with heavy or long-term use of some illegal drugs causing the useroverdose, which may result in permanent damage to the body and can befatal. The subsequent health care burden is just one further consequence ofdrug misuse with dependency often resulting in anti-social and criminalbehaviour in order to fund a person’s addiction (Cumbria IntelligenceObservatory)The ten-year drug strategy (2008-2018) is a cross Governmentprogramme of policies and interventions aiming to restrict the supply of illegaldrugs and reduce the demand for them. It focuses on protecting families andstrengthening communities.Figure 16.1 gives a broad overview and highlights key problem areas inSouth Lakeland. These include: the Ambleside and Windermere region, areasof North and West Kendal including Kendal Underley and Kendal Stricklandand an area in the South of the region focused around Low Furness andSwarthmoor and Ulverston.toSouth Lakeland Baseline Assessment 2009 38
Figure 16.1) Number of Drug offences in South Lakeland during the month of October2008. Source: Cumbria Constabulary Crime and Disorder Profiles (2008)Figure 16.2 shows the rate of substance misuse in Cumbria. All Districts inCumbria fall below the England average and South Lakeland has a rate of4.5: the lowest of all districts.Figure 16.2) Substance misuse: crude rate per 1000 population. 2004-2005. Source:Cumbria Intelligence Observatory2004-05 Problems of Substance Misuse: Crude Rate per 1,000 Population Aged 15-64(Source: NWPHO Health Profiler)12England Average10England: 9.9Rate/1,000 population aged 15-648649.568.448.036.635.89Cumbria 6.96.924.350Barrow-in-Furness Eden Carlisle Copeland AllerdaleSouth LakelandCumbriaSouth Lakeland Baseline Assessment 2009 39
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Page 7 and 8: IntroductionSouth Lakeland covers a
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