Proportions of adults and children who are obese or overweight: by sex, England
• Between 1994 and 2006 the proportion of men classified as obese in England increased from 14 per cent to 24 per cent, while the proportion for obese women rose from 17 per cent to 24 per cent. (Page 98)
• In the UK in 2004, males could expect to live 62.3 years free from a limiting long-standing illness, or a disability, and females 63.9 years. (Table 7.2)
• In 2006 in Great Britain, 91 per cent of men and 89 per cent of women reported having good or fairly good health. (Table 7.3)
• Between 1971 and 2006, age-standardised death rates for circulatory diseases in the UK fell from 6,936 to 2,462 per million males and from 4,285 to 1,559 per million females. (Figure 7.4)
• Between 1991 and 2006, death rates from alcohol-related causes in the UK rose from 9.1 to 18.3 per 100,000 men, and from 5.0 to 8.8 per 100,000 for women. (Figure 7.12) Latest information on alcohol deaths
• In 2004 in Great Britain, the proportion of children aged 5 to 16 with a mental disorder was more than twice as high among those living in 'hard pressed areas' than among those living in areas populated by 'wealthy achievers'. (Figure 7.17)
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