Health Briefi ng • Each year about 330 people in Bromsgrove are admitted to hospital and 130 die due to smoking- related diseases. • more than 600 people in Bromsgrove are admitted to hospital and more than 40 die due to alcohol-attributable conditions each year • Nearly 100 people in Bromsgrove die each year from accidents of whom more than 20 die from road-traffi c accidents • Bromsgrove South has signifi cantly higher than average admission rates for CHD and Can- cers. • Beacon has a high admission rate for Cancers (They have the second highest rate of lung can- cer and a relatively high rate of breast cancer, which is generally higher in less deprived areas) • Bromsgrove West and South have the highest rates of smoking and obesity and Bromsgrove West and have the highest rates of heavy drinking. • Bromsgrove West and South also have the highest mortality from CHD and Smoking-Related Causes. These areas also contain the areas of highest deprivation.

Map of Bromsgrove Showing Index of Multiple Deprivation

IMD 2007 National Deciles 1 (Most Deprived) (0) 2 (0) 3 (3) 5 (5) A456(T) 6 (5) 7 (11) 8 (5) A491 ClentClent HillsHills Romsley 9 (13) M5 10 (Least Deprived) (15)

A435 WythallWythall Hollyw ood

A38

BeaconBeacon Hopw ood Wythall

Fairfield A441 BromsgroveBromsgrove WoodvaleWoodvale CentralCentral AlvechurchAlvechurch M42 Do A448 Blackw ell

Row ney Green BromsgroveBromsgrove BROMSGROVE WestWest

BromsgroveBromsgrove EEastast Holt End M5 A38 A448 BromsgroveBromsgrove SouthSouth Stoke Heath

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

30% The rates are shown with 95% confi dence in- 25% tervals, which allow sig- 20% nifi cant differences to be seen. 15%

10% Heavy drinking is de- fi ned as people who 5% drank more than the recommended drinking 0% Alvechurch Beacon Bromsgrove Bromsgrove Bromsgrove Bromsgrove Woodvale Wythall limits in the week prior to Central East South West the survey.

Hospital Admission Rates by Electoral Division in Bromsgrove Hospital admissions 800 are shown for the years Smoking 2005-06 to 2007-08 com- All Related 700 CHD Cancers Diseases bined as rates standard- Electoral Division Bromsgrove Average ised for differences in the 600 Worcestershire Average age distribution in the populations of the differ- 500 ent areas and are given per 100,000 population. 400 The population base 300 used are County Coun- cil estimates of resident 200 population for 2005.

100 Smoking-related diseas- es are as for the mortal- 0 ity chart below. Alvechurch Beacon Bromsgrove Bromsgrove Bromsgrove Bromsgrove Clent Hills Woodvale Wythall Central East South West

Mortality Rates by Electoral Division in Bromsgrove Mortality data are shown 7000 for the 5 years 2003 to Smoking Alcohol Related Specific 2007 combined. Stand- 6000 CHD Diseases Diseases Accidents ardised rates are used to Electoral Division Bromsgrove Average account for different age Worcestershire Average structures and are given 5000 per 100,000 population.

400 Smoking-related dis- eases are calculated 300 by taking a proportion of diseases which re-

200 search shows are linked to smoking.

100 Alcohol-specifi c diseas- es are those which are 0 exclusively caused by Alvechurch Beacon Bromsgrove Bromsgrove Bromsgrove Bromsgrove Clent Hills Woodvale Wythall Central East South West alcohol and do not in- clude other causes with a link to alcvohol