A set of health and well-being profiles for Scotland's Community Health Partnership (CHP) areas has been released by the Scottish Public Health Observatory.
The profiles comprise 61 indicators of health, well-being and determinants of health including life expectancy, alcohol-related hospital admissions, heart disease hospital admissions and the number of working age population claiming Jobseekers Allowance. The profiles are designed to:
- Provide organisations and communities with up-to-date and locally-relevant public health intelligence
- Highlight health and social inequalities
- Show trends in key indicators
- Provide local information for targeting resources and priority-setting
- Develop knowledge of the complex nature of health and its determinants
Among the key findings are:
- Male life expectancy ranges from 67.9 years in the worst CHP to 77.3 years in the best; female life expectancy ranges from 75.1 years to 81.2 years.
- The number of people admitted to hospital annually with alcohol-related problems ranges from 521 to 1505 per 100,000 people
- The number of people admitted to hospital annually with heart disease ranges from 501 to 1010 per 100,000 people
- The percentage of babies exclusively breastfed at 6-8 weeks ranges from 14.3% to 42.5%.
The profiles can be downloaded from the SPHO website at http://www.scotpho.org.uk/profiles/ .
