Health Briefi ng

• Each year about 470 people in Wychavon are admitted to hospital and 175 die due to smoking- related diseases • more than 800 people in Wychavon are admitted to hospital and more than 50 die due to alcohol-attributable conditions each year • Around 120 people in Wychavon die each year from accidents of whom around 40 die from road-traffi c accidents • Droitwich West and have the hioghest rates of both smoking and obesity from the lifestyle survey • Droitwich West also has the highest rate of hospital admissions with CHD • Droitwich East, South and Littletons have the highest cancer rate. These three areas have the highest rate of breast cancers which is normally associated with affl uent areas • Droitwich West has by far the highest mortality rate for both CHD and smoking-related diseas- es. As this has the most deprived area within the district, this is what would be expected. • Accident mortality is highest in and Pershore and also in Droitwich West. Map of Wychavon Showing Index of Multiple Deprivation

IMD 2007 National Deciles 1 (Most Deprived) (0) 2 (0) 3 (3) DroitwichDroitwich WestWest 5 (5) 6 (5) OmbersleyOmbersley DroitwichDroitwich EastEast 7 (11) 8 (5) 9 (13) 10 (Least Deprived) (15)

BowbrookBowbrook

UptonUpton SnodsburySnodsbury HarvingtonHarvington

EveshamEvesham NNorthorth WWestest

PershorePershore

LittletonsLittletons

BredonBredon EveshamEvesham EEastast BroadwayBroadway

© Crown Copyright Lifestyle data are from Lifestyle Risk Factors by Electoral Division in Wychavon Heavy Smoking Drinking Obesity the Regional Lifestyle 45% Electoral Division Wychavon Average Survey 2005, which was 40% Average a postal survey of over 50,000 residents of the 35% West .

30% The rates are shown with 95% confi dence in- 25% tervals, which allow sig- 20% nifi cant differences to be seen. 15% Heavy drinking is de- 10% fi ned as people who 5% drank more than the recommended drinking 0% limits in the week prior to Bowbrook Broadway Droitwich Droitwich Evesham Evesham Liletons Ombersley Pershore Upton the survey. East West North West South Snodsbury

HospitalHosp Admission Rates by Electoral Division in Wychavon Hospital admissions Smoking 1,0000 All Related are shown for the years CHD Cancers Diseases Electoral Division 2005-06 to 2007-08 com- 9000 Wychavon Average bined as rates standard- Worcestershire Average 8000 ised for differences in the age distribution in the 7000 populations of the differ- 600 ent areas and are given per 100,000 population. 500 The population base 400 used are County Coun- 300 cil estimates of resident population for 2005. 200

100 Smoking-related diseas- es are as for the mortal- 0 ity chart below. Bowbrook Bredon Broadway Droitwich Droitwich Evesham Evesham Harvington Liletons Ombersley Pershore Upton East West North West South Snodsbury

Mortality Rates by Electoral Division in Wychavon Mortality data are shown 700 for the 5 years 2003 to

Smoking Alcohol 2007 combined. Stand- Related Specific ardised rates are used to 600 CHD Diseases Diseases Accidents Electoral Division account for different age Wychavon Average structures and are given Worcestershire Average 500 per 100,000 population.

400 Smoking-related dis- eases are calculated 300 by taking a proportion of diseases which re- search shows are linked 200 to smoking.

100 Alcohol-specifi c diseas- es are those which are 0 exclusively caused by Bowbrook Bredon Broadway Droitwich Droitwich Evesham Evesham Harvington Liletons Ombersley Pershore Upton alcohol and do not in- East West North West South Snodsbury clude other causes with a link to alcvohol