Annual Report of the Director of Public Health
Health of the Population
Clackmannanshire Council Research and Information Team have extracted some key facts from the Director of Public Health's Annual Report. This relates to the health of the population in Forth Valley and at Clackmannanshire level for the period 2007 to 2008.
Main Points:
- Clackmannanshire has the highest rate in Forth Valley for live births; the second highest rate for stillbirths and perinatal mortality; and the lowest, along with Falkirk, for perinatal deaths. There were no neonatal or infant deaths in Clackmannanshire for the second year in a row.
- Oral health - 75.5% of 3-5 year olds are registered with a dentistin Clackmannanshire, a 12.2% increase on 2007 figures.
- To address high death rates in Clackmannanshire and help people look after their health, preventing the onset of illness and disease, an anticipatory care project "HealthPlus" has been set up in Tullibody. This project, set up in 2007, is designed to reduce risk factors such as smoking, lack of physical activity, alcohol and obesity, GPs are helping identify patients who would benefit.
Source: The 19th Annual Report of the Director of Public Health. The Health of the population of Forth Valley 2007-2008
Note: NHS Forth Valley have not produced an annual report for 2008-2009. They hope to produce a report for 2009-2010 and are in the very early planning stages.
Additional Information:
Health and Wellbeing Profiles for Community Health Partnerships (CHPs) are published by the Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO) and are available for Clackmannanshire.
The team have also provided some useful web links to sources of health information and statistics, see External Links below.
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