Across the life course there are factors which influence health and wellbeing of people and the need for services. Some of these are personal modifiable risk factors such as smoking, alcohol, obesity, exercise and healthy diet. In Norfolk it is estimated that alcohol and obesity contribute about 17, hospital admissions per year.
This equates to 19 admissions per thousand people, in England this rate is on average 17 admissions per thousand people. Although smoking prevalence is declining in most districts of Norfolk and England as a whole, smoking is still the biggest driver of avoidable poor health. This compares poorly with England at Over the same time period England had a rate of This accounted for 0. In both England and Norfolk, the prevalence of suicide has remained relatively static over the past 5 years.
In both England and Norfolk, the prevalence of suicide as a cause of death has remained relatively static over the past 5 years. The level of screening for breast cancer in Norfolk is higher than England but has been decreasing over the past decade. Older people are more likely to have complex dental care needs due to treatment patterns earlier in their lives.
Health promotion targeted and drop-in style services are particularly needed in areas of deprivation. There has been a steady drop in the number of people seeing dentists from June until the data was last recorded, December Oral health references www. This will help free up resources to enable services to find and manage those who have not yet been diagnosed. There is estimated to be 67, people in Norfolk and Waveney with diabetes, this is 7.
Norfolk has a low rate for all new STI diagnoses for people aged 25 or over excluding Chlamydia at 2. Where as the level for England is at 2. Sexual and reproductive health profiles Public Health England Sexual health references fingertips. There is a range of rankings across the county with Great Yarmouth as the second most deprived district in England, with South Norfolk the best in Norfolk in terms of education.
