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Health Survey for England. Dr Sunjai Gupta. CRITERIA FOR A GOVERNMENT HEALTH SURVEY. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE COMPREHENSIVE ONGOING EXTENSIVE. Prevalence of overweight and obesity (age-standardised), by household income (HSfE, 1998). Women. Men.
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Health Survey for England Dr Sunjai Gupta
CRITERIA FOR A GOVERNMENT HEALTH SURVEY NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE COMPREHENSIVE ONGOING EXTENSIVE
Prevalence of overweight and obesity (age-standardised), by household income (HSfE, 1998) Women Men
Prevalence of high blood pressure (age-standardised), by equivalised household income (HSfE, 1998)
Change in disability prevalence, by age group and sex, between 1995 and 2000-2001 (percentage points) (HSfE, 2001)
FEV1 more than 1.64 SD below reference level by Acorn category (HSfE 1996)
Prevalence of bad/very bad reported health by Acorn category (HSfE, 1996)
Prevalence of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) by ethnic group (HSfE 1999)
Annual major accident rate, by age and sex (moving average of three age years) (HSfE, 1995-97)
Annual minor accident rate, by age and sex (moving average of three age years) (HSfE, 1995-97)
HEALTH SURVEY AND INEQUALITIES HSFE HAS BEEN USED AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON THE EXISTENCE AND SIZE OF INEQUALITIES: IN RELATION TO DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF INEQUALITY IN RELATION TO DIFFERENT POPULATION GROUPS IN RELATION TO OCCURRENCE OF DISEASE HSFE WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE MONITORING OF PROGRESS TOWARDS THE NATIONAL HEALTH INEQUALITIES TARGET AND ASSOCIATED HEADLINE INDICATORS, EG DIET (FIVE A DAY) BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME OTHER KEY RISK FACTORS FOR CIRCULATORY DISEASE SUCH AS HYPERTENSION, LACK OF EXERCISE, OBESITY