THE UK BY NUMBERS


HEALTH THE UK BY NUMBERS


Our at-a-glance overview of the changing face of lifestyle, health and treatment in Britain today


GP consultations


Percentage of consultations by location England 2008


GP phone 12%


GP visit 4%


Other 3%


GP Surgery 81%


GP phone 3%


GP visit 9%


Other 2%


GP Surgery 86%


“The greatest wealth is health” Virgil Since 1995 home visits and consultations at a GP’s surgery have fallen, while the percentage


24% 48% 24% 44% 37%


16%


In 2007, almost a quarter of adults were clinically obese. (Source: The Health and Social Care Information Centre – HSCIC)


Just under half of the population drank more than twice a week. (Source: Office for National Statistics – ONS)


In 2007, almost a quarter of respondents to the National Travel Survey reported that they took walks of at least 20 minutes less than once a year or never. (Source: HSCIC)


Those aged 20 to 24 reported the highest prevalence of smoking. (Source: ONS)


The number of death certificates in England and Wales mentioning methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) fell from 1,230 in 2008 to 781 in 2009. (Source: ONS)


Deaths involving SA (including those which did not specify methicillin resistance) fell by 16% from 1,500 in 2008 to 1,253 in 2009. (Source: ONS)


18 SOCIETY NOW SPRING 2011


3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0


Under 16 16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74


Hospital admissions from drug-related mental health disorders are more than twice as likely to be from the 25-34 age group as from the 16-24 age group. (Source: NHS Information Centre)


England 1995


“Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well” Martial


of consultations by telephone has quadrupled. (Source: QResearch, University of Nottingham) Drug-related admissions


Hospital admissions in England where there was a primary diagnosis of drug-related mental health and behavioural disorders, by age group


2007/08 2008/09


75+


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