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Summary: A joint ONS/Health & Safety Executive report on the analysis of death registrations to ascertain statistical associations between specific occupations and various causes of death.

Summary: Cancer statistics covering numbers of new cases, incidence and survival rates in England each year.

Summary: Provides a reference for the comparison of key figures between the constituent countries, and between the UK as a whole and other nation states.

Summary: This report presents the latest figures on male and female health expectancy, at birth and at age 65, for the UK and its four constituent countries. While life expectancy (LE) provides an estimate of average expected life-span, healthy life expectancy (HLE) divides total LE into years spent in good or ‘not good’ health. Disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) divides LE into years lived with and without a chronic illness or disability. These figures are three-year averages. LE is taken from the UK national interim life tables published annually by ONS, and the measures of health and chronic illness from the General Household Survey (GHS) in Great Britain and the Continuous Household Survey (CHS) in Northern Ireland.

Summary: Presents mortality rates and details on the number of deaths involving Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) for England and Wales. National trend data are provided from 1999 to 2006. Data are also provided for deaths involving C. difficile from 2001-06 by individual communal establishment (for example, hospitals, nursing homes) where the death took place.

Summary: Details of deaths in England and Wales where Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was reported as a contributory factor. National trend data are provided from 1993 to 2006. Data are also provided for deaths involving MRSA from 2001-06 by individual communal establishment (for example, hospitals, nursing homes) where the death took place.

Summary: Contains data on deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 onwards, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death.

Summary: This report presents the latest figures on male and female health expectancy, at birth and at age 65, for the UK and its four constituent countries. While life expectancy (LE) provides an estimate of average expected life-span, healthy life expectancy (HLE) divides total LE into years spent in good or ‘not good’ health. Disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) divides LE into years lived with and without a chronic illness or disability. These figures are three-year averages. LE is taken from the UK national interim life tables published annually by ONS, and the measures of health and chronic illness from the General Household Survey (GHS) in Great Britain and the Continuous Household Survey (CHS) in Northern Ireland.

Summary: Provides a reference for the comparison of key figures between the constituent countries, and between the UK as a whole and other nation states.

Summary: Gives results of the ICD-10 v2010 bridge coding study, which shows the impact of the new ICD-10 software update on mortality statistics by cause of death.