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38: HEALTH 39: MORTALITY RATES 40: ROAD ACCIDENTS 41: CRIME (SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE & LOTHIAN AND BORDERS POLICE FIGURES FOR EDINBURGH CITY) 42: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER 43: FIRE (LOTHIAN & BORDERS) 44: COMMUNITY / NEIGHBOURHOOD ISSUES 45: LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 46: CLIMATE 50: CLEANLINESS, WASTE COLLECTION AND RECYCLING 51: ENERGY AND WATER CONSUMPTION

38: HEALTH

EDINBURGH | LOTHIAN | SCOTLAND

LOTHIAN	sources / notes	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Hospital inpatient episode rates	(*1)									per thousand pop.
General medicine		37.9	41.4	41.9	40.1	42.7	41.7
General surgery		20.2	20.7	20.9	19.3	20.6	21.7
Orthopaedic surgery		12	12	11.1	10.4	9.1	10.4
Geriatric medicine (acute short stay)		10.1	8.2	8.3	7.4	8	6.9
Urology		4.9	4.3	4.2	4.5	3.7	4
Gynaecology		4.2	3.8	3.7	3.3	3.4	3.5
Mental illness hospital admissions	(*2)
.. Total admissions		5,073	4,438				4,531
.. New admissions		1,322	1,107				1,395
.. No. of resident in-patients		962	959				1,234
Cancer registration rates (all sites)	(*3)
.. males		n/a	n/a	n/a						per 10,000 pop.
.. females		n/a	n/a	n/a						per 10,000 pop.
Stillbirth rates (per 1,000 total births)	(*4)	4.7	3.9	4.2	4.5	5.9	5.9			per thousand births
Accident rates - children under 15	(*5)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a			per thousand
Teenage pregnancy rates (age 13-19)	(*6)	47.9	44	45.1	42.4	44.7				per thousand
No. of 'problem' drug users	(*7)	6,759				8,146
.. as % of population aged 15-54		1.50%				1.60%
Life expectancy	(*8)
.. at birth (males)		73.7	74	74.4	74.7	75.2	75.3	75.7
.. at birth (females)		78.7	79.1	79.3	79.5	79.8	80	80.4
.. at age 30 (males)						46.3	46.5	46.9
.. at age 30 (females)						50.5	50.7	51.1
.. at age 50 (males)						27.7	27.9	28.3
.. at age 50 (females)						31.5	31.7	32
.. at age 70 (males)						12.3	12.5	12.9
.. at age 70 (females)						14.9	15	15.4
Registered visually impaired persons	(*9)
Blind persons			2,645	2,456	2,650	2,477	2,343	2,456
Partially sighted persons			2,390	2,375	2,545	2,444	2,417	2,472
No. of general practitioners	(*10)	562	577	587	589			826
general practice quality / outcomes rating	(*11)						94.10%	98.70%
Registered care homes for older people	(*12)	140	132	128	121	122	119	118
.. no. of places		5,699	5,397	5,348	5,228	5,266	5,125	5,126
Private nursing homes	(*13)
No. of registered homes		75	63	69	66	63	63
No. of beds		3,570	2,935	3,328	3,378	3,274	3,266
No. of residents		3,232	2,688	3,101	3,178	3,065	3,025
Households with one or more persons	(*14)						9%
needing regular help or care
Self-assessed health (adults only) :	(*15)
'Good'			60%	58%			54%	59%
'Fairly good'			27%	29%			34%	30%
'Not good'			13%	12%			11%	11%
Prevalence of smoking (adults only)	(*16)		29%	27%	25%	25%	25%	23%

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SCOTLAND	sources / notes	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Hospital inpatient episode rates	(*1)									per thousand pop.
General medicine		45.3	46.8	48.8	49.3	51	50.8
General surgery		27.1	27.5	27.6	27.1	29.8	29.4
Orthopaedic surgery		13.7	13.5	13.4	13.1	13.4	13.5
Geriatric medicine (acute short stay)		9.1	8.4	8.9	9	9.6	9.4
Urology		6.2	5.9	5.8	5.9	6.2	6.2
Gynaecology		7	6.8	6.6	6.2	6.1	5.8
Mental illness hospital admissions	(*2)
.. Total admissions		30,999	30,186				27,136
.. New admissions		8,300	7,679				8,856
.. No. of resident in-patients		8,266	8,236				9,503
Cancer registration rates (all sites)	(*3)
.. males		438.4		452.7						per 10,000 pop.
.. females		380.1		380.4						per 10,000 pop.
Stillbirth rates (per 1,000 total births)	(*4)	4.4	5.4	5	4.7	6	4.7			per thousand births
Accident rates - children under 15	(*5)	13.7	12.8	13.3	12.7	12.2	11.6			per thousand
Teenage pregnancy rates (age 13-19)	(*6)	44.7	44	43.1	42.1	42.4				per thousand
No. of 'problem' drug users	(*7)	55,800				51,582
.. as % of population aged 15-54		2.00%				1.80%
Life expectancy	(*8)
.. at birth (males)		72.9	73.1	73.3	73.5	73.8	74.2	74.6
.. at birth (females)		78.4	78.6	78.8	78.9	79	79.2	79.6
.. at age 30 (males)						45.2	45.6	46
.. at age 30 (females)						49.9	50.1	50.4
.. at age 50 (males)						27	27.4	27.8
.. at age 50 (females)						30.9	31.1	31.4
.. at age 70 (males)						12	12.2	12.6
.. at age 70 (females)						14.5	14.6	14.9
Registered visually impaired persons	(*9)
Blind persons			24,771	23,451	23,557	23,172	23,139	21,561
.. per thousand population			4.8	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.3		per thousand pop.
Partially sighted persons			13,676	13,972	14,443	14,770	15,227	15,435
.. per thousand population			2.7	2.7	2.8	2.9	3	3.1		per thousand pop.
No. of general practitioners	(*10)	3,758	3,803	3,845	3,883			3,813
general practice quality / outcomes rating	(*11)						92.50%	97.70%
Registered care homes for older people	(*12)	1,060	1,036	1,018	995	988	980	969
.. no. of places		39,080	38,285	38,051	37,847	38,166	38,327	38,191
Private nursing homes	(*13)
No. of registered homes		701	687	672	650	643	638
No. of beds		27,893	27,682	27,604	27,513	27,863	28,034
No. of residents		24,283	24,808	25,118	25,236	24,807	24,824
Households with one or more persons	(*14)						12%
needing regular help or care
Self-assessed health (adults only) :	(*15)
'Good'			55%	55%			53%	53%
'Fairly good'			31%	31%			33%	33%
'Not good'			14%	14%			15%	14%

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