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Fried Food Consumption by GenderPercentage of the Population7060504030201000 1-2times aweek3-6times aweekonce adayMenWomenFrequency of Consumption9.5 Smoking.Smoking kills around 112,000 people in the UK each year, about six times more people than arekilled by road traffic accidents and represents one fifth of all UK deaths. About half of all regularsmokers will eventually be killed by their habit, with most smoking related deaths being due tothree main diseases: cancer, chronic obstructive lung disease and coronary heart disease.Each year 17,000 children under the age of five are admitted to hospital with illnesses causedby passive smoking.There is a disparity in smoking rates between the socio-economic groups with around 16% ofmen in higher managerial occupations smoking, compared to 38% of men in routineoccupations.Currently there are no accurate local figures for the number of people who smoke in Carlisle.Such data that are available relate to national statistics for smokers which have been applied tothe population of Carlisle to provide an approximation of the actual local figures.Current national smoking prevalence is reported as being 22% (Ash 2008). In Carlisle in 2006this represents 10,400 men and 9,900 women. A total of 20,300 smokers living in the city.Research evidence shows that around half of all regular smokers will eventually die as a directresult of their smoking addiction. In Carlisle this represents 10,150 people. However, thosesmokers who choose to stop will significantly reduce their risk of developing a fatal disease.Figure 17 illustrates the variation in levels of smoking in Carlisle with 39% of people smoking inBotcherby ward compared to only 19% in Stanwix Urban ward.Figure 17: Percentage of Smokers by Electoral Ward in CarlisleFiona Huntington 21 of 47
Percentage (%)454035302520151050BotcherbyCastleUpperbyDenton HolmeSt AidansMortonCurrockLongtown & RockcliffeHarrabyBelle VueBelahYewdaleStanwix RuralBurghLyneHaytonBramptonIrthingDalstonStanwix UrbanCumbria Primary Care Trust’s NHS Stop Smoking Service operates twenty three clinics eachweek in Carlisle, with three Specialist Stop Smoking Advisors providing advice and support aswell as pharmacotherapies for smokers wishing to quit.For the six month period 01.04.2007 to 30.09.2007 in Carlisle, 186 people who had set a quitdate through the Stop Smoking Service were successful at the four-week follow-up.9.6 Alcohol.Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol is associated with both physical and mental healthproblems.The risks associated with heavy drinking include liver disease, nutritional problems, pancreatitis,and heart disease as well as depression, dementia and memory loss.The maximum recommended number of units of alcohol each day is 2 - 3 for women and 3 – 4for men. Research evidence suggests that people drinking within these limits should not sufferalcohol related adverse health effects.The 2003 Health and Lifestyle Survey identified that 27.2% of men and 17.8% of women inCarlisle were drinking over the recommended units of alcohol weekly.In the period 2005 / 2006, data relating to hospital admissions indicate that there were 454people admitted for alcohol specific conditions. This was a nine per cent decrease from thebaseline year of 1999 / 2000. However this does not reflect a downward trend as the dataindicate a general annual variation. (Figure18).Figure 18: Hospital Admissions for Alcohol Specific ConditionsFiona Huntington 22 of 47
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