Mortality, 2008

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

Coronary heart disease (2008)

Number of Deaths (Ages 1+)

DASR <75s (Pooled Average 2006-2008)

England and Wales

76,707

42.6

South West Region

7,985

34.5

Bournemouth

283

32.9

Poole

229

29.7

Christchurch

25.8

East Dorset

166

21.5

North Dorset

25.2

Purbeck

23.5

West Dorset

172

20.0

Weymouth & Portland

102

32.2

Circulatory diseases (2008)

	Number of Deaths (Ages 1+)	DASR <75s (Pooled Average 2006-2008)
England and Wales	167,712	75.4
South West Region	18,083	62.4
Bournemouth	679	62.5
Poole	526	55.1
Christchurch	193	46.4
East Dorset	369	41.0
North Dorset	228	54.8
Purbeck	160	46.4
West Dorset	442	47.2
Weymouth & Portland	237	67.9

Stroke (2008)

	Number of Deaths (Ages 1+)	DASR <75s (Pooled Average 2006 to 2008)
England and Wales	46,364	13.9
South West Region	5,505	11.6
Bournemouth	209	11.4
Poole	158	11.2
Christchurch	66	9.7
East Dorset	101	8.9
North Dorset	85	11.2
Purbeck	45	7.5
West Dorset	153	10.0
Weymouth & Portland	85	12.1

All cancers (2008)

	Number of Deaths (Ages 1+)	DASR <75s (Pooled Average 2006-2008)
England and Wales	137,479	114.5
South West Region	14,467	104.7
Bournemouth	489	110.3
Poole	439	100.1
Christchurch	186	106.1
East Dorset	300	86.9
North Dorset	184	89.2
Purbeck	134	98.7
West Dorset	352	94.2
Weymouth & Portland	227	121.0

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.

Source: National Centre for Health Outcomes Development (Clinical & Health Outcomes Knowledge Database) and Office for National Statistics.