Mortality, 2004

This page gives data on heart disease, circulatory diseases, stroke and all cancers.

Coronary Heart Disease (2004)

	Number of Deaths (Ages 1+)	DASR <75s (Pooled Average 2002 to 2004)
England and Wales	92,289	57.3
South West Region	9,529	46.5
Bournemouth	339	44.5
Poole	265	38.0
Christchurch	113	33.5
East Dorset	155	27.4
North Dorset	98	35.3
Purbeck	110	31.5
West Dorset	213	40.0
Weymouth & Portland	119	53.0

Circulatory Diseases (2004)

	Number of Deaths (Ages 1+)	DASR <75s (Pooled Average 2002 to 2004)
England and Wales	190,236	97.5
South West Region	20,011	80.0
Bournemouth	693	79.4
Poole	560	79.6
Christchurch	242	64.4
East Dorset	377	50.1
North Dorset	241	60.7
Purbeck	203	58.0
West Dorset	473	65.7
Weymouth & Portland	278	90.1

Stroke (2004)

	Number of Deaths (Ages 1+)	SMR (Pooled Average 2002 to 2004)
England and Wales	52,589	100.4
South West Region	5,920	97.6
Bournemouth	168	85.0
Poole	176	95.7
Christchurch	75	85.9
East Dorset	121	86.4
North Dorset	81	87.0
Purbeck	58	84.0
West Dorset	155	109.0
Weymouth & Portland	99	119.3

All Cancers (2004)

	Number of Deaths (Ages 1+)	DASR <75s (Pooled Average 2002 to 2004)
England and Wales	134,561	121.9
South West Region	13,843	112.6
Bournemouth	469	106.2
Poole	400	107.8
Christchurch	152	100.2
East Dorset	263	99.0
North Dorset	182	102.0
Purbeck	119	97.6
West Dorset	331	107.2
Weymouth & Portland	184	125.8

DASR <75s:
Directly age-standardised rate, under 75s only: a summary measure of death rates which permits comparisons between areas with differing age structures, based only on deaths of those under 75.

SMR:
Standardised mortality ratio: a summary measure of death rates which permits comparisons between areas with differing age structures.

Source: Compendium of Clinical and Health Indicators, National Centre for Health Outcomes Development and Office for National Statistics.