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Health Statistics Quarterly
Product
Last Updated:
11/9/09
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Title:
Health Statistics Quarterly
National Statistics product:
Yes
Organisation (Sponsor):
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Type of contents:
Mainly data & analyses
Primary medium:
Online edition
Secondary medium/media:
Hardcopy Publication
Summary description:
A sister publication to Population Trends, covering the latest trends in the UK's health.
Published in February, May, August and November, it presents current information in an easy to read format, beginning with an overview of the latest news, and a review of related publications for release.
It contains commentary on the latest health findings, topical articles illustrated with colour charts and diagrams, and regularly updated statistical graphs and tables. It also highlights trends in health, and details the latest quarterly information on deaths, childhood mortality, cancer survival, abortions, congenital anomalies and morbidity.
Recent feature articles have covered: recent trends in alcohol-related mortality; prevalence of treated asthma; occupation and cancer; and the implications of changes in the UK social and occupational classifications on infant mortality statistics.
Price:
Free at ONS website Or £35.00 for hardcopy
Disaggregated by gender:
Not Known
Main areas for which data is collected:
National: England Wales
Associated reference publications:
Population Trends is the sister publication to Health Statistics Quarterly, also available quarterly it updates some HSQ data
