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London Public Health Observatory (LPHO): Diseases Datasets

Abstract
The LHO is an integral part of the network of twelve public health observatories (PHOs) across the UK and Ireland that form the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO). The LHO produces information, data and intelligence on the health and health care of the 7.8 million people who live in London. Contains data on the following diseases: cancers, cardiovascular, diabetes, long term conditions, mental health, respiratory disease. In addition to providing intelligence for its London stakeholders, the LHO also has a national lead role on behalf of APHO on health inequalities, ethnicity and tobacco. It is the lead Observatory for NICE, the NHS Confederation and the Centre for Public Scrutiny.
Main Topics/Subject Category
Trends, risk factors, inequality, prevention, mortality, births, deaths.
Variables
Trends in cancer incident rates, trends for selected cancers, mortality from cancer, prevalence of cardiovascular disease, risk factors for cardiovascular disease, inequalities in cardiovascular disease - ethnicity, inequalities in cardiovascular disease - geographic inequalities, trends in cardiovascular mortality rates, asthma, admissions to hospital for respiratory disease, deaths from respiratory disease.
Keywords
Blood pressure, circulatory disease, hypertension, Health Authority, prevalence, smoking, respiratory disorder, smoking, smoking cessation, mortality, pneumonia, mental health, psychiatry, mental illness, hospital admission, hospital readmission, emergency, diagnosis, diabetes, cancer, malignant, neoplasm, heart disease, accidents and injury, cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, long term conditions, respiratory disease
Identifier Variables
HA, PCT, LA
Area of Health System
Public health
Disease Area
Injury, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes, Mental health, Oral health, Respiratory diseases
Data Available
Socio-economic
Data collecting organization (s)
London public health observatory (LPHO)
Data Type
Condition specific
National/Regional
Regional
Coverage (date of field work)
1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
Unit of Analysis
Individual
Sample
Data on about 7.8 million people who live in London
Availability
LPHO
Conditions of Access
Free access
Link
Cancers http://www.lho.org.uk/[…]/Cancers.aspx#Datasets
Cardiovascular http://www.lho.org.uk/[…]/Cardiovascular.aspx#Datasets
Diabetes http://www.lho.org.uk/[…]/Diabetes.aspx#Datasets
Long term conditions http://www.lho.org.uk/[…]/LongTermConditions.aspx#Datasets
Respiratory disease http://www.lho.org.uk/[…]/RespiratoryDisease.aspx#Datasets
Contact
www.lho.org.uk/AboutUs/ContactUs.aspx
Publications
http://www.lho.org.uk/publications/lhopublications.aspx.