You can now look up the “Health Profile” of nearly every district in the UK here.
The results for Rochford District are quite interesting.
There’s really too much to mention ,but here’s a brief summaryof what the profile says:
Rochford has a population of 79000 people in coastal Essex.
1 in 5 people are children, and just over 1 in 5 are older people
Only 3 percent are from ethnic minorities
About 1 in 9 children live in low income households
Rochford is healthier than England overall
Both men and women in our district have above average life expectancy
Death rates here from heart disease, stroke and smoking are low
However deaths from cancer have not decreased in the last 5 years despite a decrease nationally
Health inequalities do exist in Rochford.
Residents of the healthiest wards can expect to live 7.3 years longer than the most unhealthy wards
12 wards are placed in the “significantly healthier life expectancy” category.
Running from west to east, they are:
Downhall and Rawreth
Grange
Rayleigh Central
Whitehouse
Trinity
Lodge
Hockley West
Hockley Central
Hawkwell West
Hawkwell North
Hawkwell South
Foulness and Great Wakering
The unhealthiest ward, with an average life expectancy significantly below average, is Barling and Sutton.
Any ideas why?
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