Proportion of adults who are obese or overweight: by sex, England
• The proportion of children in the United Kingdom immunised against MMR by their second birthday fell from 90 per cent in the early and mid-1990s to 81 per cent in 2003/04. (Table 7.6)
• The proportion of adults in England who were obese increased between 1993 and 2003: from 13 to 23 per cent of men and from 16 to 23 per cent of women. (Figure 7.8)
• In 2003/04, 40 per cent of men and 23 per cent of women exceeded the recommended daily benchmarks for sensible drinking on at least one day in the previous week. (Table 7.10) Latest information on drinking
• In 2003/04, smoking was most common among adults in routine and manual households (35 per cent of men and 31 per cent of women) and least prevalent among those in managerial and professional households (20 per cent and 17 per cent respectively). (Page 102) Latest information on smoking
• The incidence of lung cancer in males has fallen by more than 40 per cent over the past 20 years, mainly as a result of the earlier decline in smoking. (Figure 7.14) Latest information on cancer
• The suicide rate for men aged 25 to 44 in the United Kingdom doubled between 1971 and 1998 to 27 per 100,000; in 2003 it was 23 per 100,000. (Figure 7.19) Latest information on suicide
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