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Dudley Strategy for Tackling Health Inequalities 2010-15

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Standardised Rate per 100,000 Population1983-19851984-19861985-19871986-19881987-19891988-19901989-19911990-19921991-19931992-19941993-19951994-19961995-19971996-19981997-19991998-20001999-20012000-20022001-20032002-20042003-20052004-20062005-20072006-2008Where are we in <strong>Dudley</strong>?Cancer remains the second largest cause of premature death in <strong>Dudley</strong> accounting<strong>for</strong> around 800 deaths in the under 75s each year.Figure 1Directly Standardised Mortality Rates from All Cancers by Year3-Year Rates, <strong>Dudley</strong>, Males & Females Aged Under 75, 1983-1985 to 2006-2008250200<strong>15</strong>0100500<strong>Dudley</strong> has similarly shown a significant fall in cancer mortality but the inequalitiesgap remains stubbornly wide with rates in some wards being 50% higher than thosein other wards.119

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