Area: East Hampshire CD

KEYNOTES: East Hampshire is a comparatively affluent area with low levels of deprivation, violent crime and child poverty. People tend to lead healthy lifestyles and early death rates from cancer and from heart disease and stroke are lower than the England average.
Within the area there are inequalities in health. For example, life expectancy is over 4 years lower for men from the more deprived areas compared to the less deprived areas of East Hampshire.
Over the last ten years, the death rate from all causes combined, and early deaths from heart disease and stroke, and from cancer have improved for men and women and are better than the England averages.
Although the estimated proportion of adults who smoke (18%), and the death rate from smoking, are both low compared to England, smoking is estimated to account for over 140 deaths every year.
The percentage of children classified as obese is lower than the England average. However, the estimated percentage of children participating in school sport and physical exercise appears worse than the England average.
The Hampshire Local Area Agreement has prioritised tackling all age all cause mortality rates, child obesity, teenage pregnancy and hospital admissions for alcohol related harm over the next three years.
The Hampshire Public Health Annual Report can be found at: www.hampshire.nhs.uk

KEYNOTES_BULLET1: East Hampshire is a comparatively affluent area with low levels of deprivation, violent crime and child poverty. People tend to lead healthy lifestyles and early death rates from cancer and from heart disease and stroke are lower than the England average.

KEYNOTES_BULLET2: Within the area there are inequalities in health. For example, life expectancy is over 4 years lower for men from the more deprived areas compared to the less deprived areas of East Hampshire.

KEYNOTES_BULLET3: Over the last ten years, the death rate from all causes combined, and early deaths from heart disease and stroke, and from cancer have improved for men and women and are better than the England averages.

KEYNOTES_BULLET4: Although the estimated proportion of adults who smoke (18%), and the death rate from smoking, are both low compared to England, smoking is estimated to account for over 140 deaths every year.

KEYNOTES_BULLET5: The percentage of children classified as obese is lower than the England average. However, the estimated percentage of children participating in school sport and physical exercise appears worse than the England average.

KEYNOTES_BULLET6: The Hampshire Local Area Agreement has prioritised tackling all age all cause mortality rates, child obesity, teenage pregnancy and hospital admissions for alcohol related harm over the next three years.

KEYNOTES_BULLET7: The Hampshire Public Health Annual Report can be found at: www.hampshire.nhs.uk

Region_ID: Q38

REGION_NAME: South Central SHA

XCOORD: 474404

YCOORD: 127299