Introduction

• There is no need to register or log in to use the site - the registration facility is optional but allows a user to be regularly updated about Neighbourhood Statistics
  
  
• The following interfaces on the homepage - detailed statistics by subject or area name, or interactive map - provide a means of navigating to health area statistics
  
  

Detailed statistics by subject

• Click the 'Detailed statistics by subject' option, which will open a list of Key Statistics tables, each with it's own list of geographical coverages.



• For health area data choose a table for 2003 Health Areas, for example
  
  
  
  
• Click 'View' to display the selected table for the United Kingdom. Click the 'United Kingdom' link in the first column of the table, then click succesively on 'Great Britain', 'England & Wales', 'England' 'East Midlands' and so on, to drill down to the data for specific Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts.

Detailed statistics by area name

• Click the 'Detailed statistics by area name' option, which will open a default list of expandable geography. To view data for health areas click the 'Change' button, and click on the second option presented - '2003 Health Areas'.



• This presents the required list of expandable geography. Click on a region name to expand the list, which will allow lower level areas - specific Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts - to be selected.

Interactive map

• The interactive map option provides the easiest first viewing of health area statistics - by clicking on the maps rather than selecting from a list of names
  
  
  1. click the Interactive map image towards the bottom of the page, which will open a new window
  
  
  
  2. click the ‘Change’ button on the right hand side, which will display a number of hierarchies
  
  
  
  3. click the radio button next to the '2003 Health Areas' option, and click the ‘Apply’ button - this will load the required a map
  
  
  
  4. to magnify the map either select the ‘Zoom In’ button and repeatedly click on the map to display progressively larger scale views, select the ‘Zoom In’ button and then click and drag over the area you want to zoom into (the smaller the area selected, the further you will zoom), or directly enter a postcode to zoom straight to a larger scale map
  
  
  
  5. when the map has been magnified sufficiently, Output Area boundaries and codes appear, together with ward boundaries. Clicking the radio button for ‘Output Areas’ then allows an Output Area to be selected. Note that to select Output Areas, you need to have zoomed sufficiently into the map (a prompt will appear advising if a sufficient level of zooming has not been applied). Printing the view will produce coverage of a slightly larger area.

General