May 2015
The latest update to the Public Health Outcomes Framework has recently been published by Public Health England. The Framework contains a range of indicators covering:
- Overarching health (e.g. life expectancy)
- The wider determinants of health (e.g. education, employment, housing)
- Health improvement (e.g. smoking, physical activity)
- Health protection (e.g. vaccination)
- Healthcare and premature mortality (e.g. hospital emergency readmission)
The full list of new and updated indicators is available online. The online tool allows trends, maps and comparisons with national, regional and other similar local authorities to be viewed.
What does this mean for Richmond?
Life expectancy
- Healthy life expectancy at birth is 69.7 years for males and is 71.2 years for females (both best in London).
Wider Determinants of Health
- The rate of hospital admissions for violence was 20.5 per 100,000, which is the 2nd lowest rate in London) and shows a decreasing trend.
Health Improvement
- The rate of teenage conceptions continued to decrease in Richmond and across the country.
- The rate is 11.7 per 1,000 for all under-18s and 2.0 per 1,000 and for the 13-15 age range.
- The rate of hospital admissions caused by unintentional and deliberate injuries is similar to the London average for 0-4 year olds and 5-14 year olds, but is now bottom quartile in London for 15-24 year olds.
- Fruit and vegetable consumption
- 58% of people are eating the recommended ‘5-a-day’, which is 2nd highest in London.
- People eat, on average, 2.8 portions of fruit and 2.4 portions of vegetables per day.
- The rate of injuries due to falls was 1,983 per 100,000 for people aged 65 and over – significantly lower than the London average.
Health Protection
- The coverage of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination (PPV) in over-65s slightly increased to 69%.
- Tuberculosis (TB) incidence fell from 8.0 to 7.2 cases per 100,000 and is the lowest in London.
Healthcare and Premature Mortality
- Infant mortality was 2.5 per 1,000 live births, which remains significantly lower than the England average.
- The rates of admissions for hip fractures were 200 per 100,000 for 65-79 year olds, and 1,357 for people aged over 80 years, which are similar to London and England averages.
New data:
