Public Health Department

Health Atlas - Data Definitions and Sources

Life Expectancy at Birth

Source: ONS, NHS Walsall Public Health Mortality File and Census 2001.

Mortality Rate > All Cancers

ICD 10 codes: C00-C97, all ages, age standardised rate per 100,000 population.
Source: West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit (CIS).

Mortality Rate > Lung Cancer

ICD 10 codes: C33-C34, all ages, age standardised rate per 100,000 population.
Source: West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit (CIS).

Mortality Rate > Colo-rectal Cancer

ICD 10 codes: C18-C20, aged 50+, age standardised rate per 100,000 population.
Source: West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit (CIS).

Mortality Rate > Breast Cancer

ICD 10 code: C50, females aged 40+, age standardised rate per 100,000 population.
Source: West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit (CIS).

Mortality Rate > CHD

Infant and Perinatal Mortality > Still Birth Rate

Number of still births per 1000 total births after 24th week of pregnancy.
Source: ONS, NHS Walsall Public Health Birth and Mortality Files, Vital Statistics.

Infant and Perinatal Mortality > Perinatal Mortality Rate

Number of still births and deaths up to six completed days of life per 1000 total births.
Source: ONS, NHS Walsall Public Health Birth and Mortality Files, Vital Statistics.

Infant and Perinatal Mortality > Infant Mortality Rate

Number of deaths under the age of 1 year following live birth per 1000 total births.
Source: ONS, NHS Walsall Public Health Birth and Mortality Files, Vital Statistics.

Child Health > Low Birth Weight Babies

Live births below 2500gms as a percentage of all births. Still births and births with a registered weight of zero or above 6000gms are excluded. Birth date taken as year of birth, not year of registration.
Source: ONS, NHS Walsall Public Health Birth File.

Child Health > Breast Feeding Rate

Percentage of mothers breastfeeding at first visit.

Child Health > Immunisation Uptake at 2 Years

Child Health > Smoking in Pregnancy

Percentage of mothers smoking at time of delivery at Walsall Manor Hospital.
Source: Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust.

Child Health > Under 18 Conception Rate

Under 18 conception rate per 1000 females aged 15-17.
Source: ONS and Teenage Pregnancy Unit.

Child Health > % Overweight and Obese

Source: NHS Walsall National Child Measurement Programme.

Child Health > % Obese

Source: NHS Walsall National Child Measurement Programme.

Lifestyle > % Adults Smoking

Source: West Midlands Regional Lifestyle Survey.

Lifestyle > % Adults Binge Drinking

Source: West Midlands Regional Lifestyle Survey.

Deprivation > IMD

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) average score for ward.
Source: Department of Communities and Local Government, Indices of Deprivation 2007.