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Percentage
of
new
HIV
cases
thought
to
have
been
acquired
though
heterosexual
intercourse
was
about
30%
from
1992
to
1996,
but
has
since
risen
to
39%
(A12)
Morbidity: HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases
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Reducing
under
-
age
conception
rates
was
a
Health
of
the
Nation
target
;
rates
peaked
at
over
9
per
1,000
females
aged
13
-
15
in
1990
and
again
in
1995
;
they
have
since
fallen
.
(A13)
Fertility: Conceptions
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The
percentage
of
adults
aged
16
and
over
who
smoke
cigarettes
fell
rapidly
during
the
late
seventies
and
early
eighties
but
has
since
levelled
out
at
29
%
-
28
%
for
men
,
and
26%
to
25%
for
women
.
(A7)
Health Related Behaviour: Prevalence of smoking cigarettes among persons aged 16 and over by gender and age
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Prevalence
of
regular
smoking
has
been
stable
between
9%
and
11%
since
1998
and
was
10%
in
2000,
2001,
and
2002.
(A8)
Health Related Behaviour: Prevalence of smoking cigarettes among secondary school children aged 11 to 15 years by gender
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The
number
of
initial
patient
contacts
for
dental
treatment
was
0.6
million
in
2001
-
02
,
a
decrease
of
about
0.5
million
on
1995
-
96
.
Since
October
1998,
some
patient
care
has
been
transferred
from
the
CDS
to
the
PDS
.
(B10)
Community Health and Prevention: Community Dental Service activity
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The
completeness
of
HES
data
has
improved
significantly
since
it
was
introduced
in
1987
-
88
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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The
number
of
examination
and
reports
has
remained
fairly
constant
since
1998
-
99
.
(B2)
General Dental Service: Selected types of adult treatments
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Community
nurse
home
visits
standard
was
monitored
from
1996
-
97
,
on
a
voluntary
basis
for
the
first
and
second
quarters
of
1996
-
97
,
and
by
all
health
authorities
since
then
.
(B20)
Monitoring of key standards and targets: 2001-02 Q1 to 2002-03 Q3
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The
average
daily
number
of
beds
avaliable
in
NHS
facilities
has
fallen
by
25%
since
1994
-
95
.
This
is
a
reflection
of
the
fall
in
longstay
beds
from
11,060
in
1994
-
95
to
4,190
in
2000
-
01
(B22)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital beds & places in residential & nursing care homes for people with learning disabilities
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Long
stay
NHS
beds
for
elderly
patients
fell
by
3,800
since
1995
-
96
;
long
stay
beds
for
other
adults
fell
by
2,500
Some
of
these
may
now
be
recorded
as
residential
beds
.
(B23)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital beds & places in residential & nursing care homes for people with mental illness
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First
outpatient
attendances
to
mental
illness
specialties
have
increased
by
7%
since
1994
-
95
.
(B26)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
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First
contacts
in
each
year
with
community
psychiatric
nurses
increased
by
nearly
15%
since
1994
-
95
.
(B26)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
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First
contacts
in
each
year
with
clinical
psychology
services
increased
by
nearly
20%
since
1994
-
95
.
(B26)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
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First
contacts
in
each
year
with
community
learning
disability
nurses
increased
by
25%
since
1994
-
95
.
(B26)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
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The
number
of
care
leavers
aged
16
or
over
has
been
falling
since
1994
/
95
.
(C4)
Children: Aged 16 and over who ceased to be looked after by a local authority
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The
number
of
contact
hours
provided
directly
by
local
authorities
has
fallen
by
30%
since
1997.
(C5)
Adults: Contact hours of home help and home care provided, by sector
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Home
help
carers
are
spending
more
time
with
each
of
their
clients
-
the
average
number
of
contact
hours
has
increased
by
50%
since
1997.
(C6)
Adults: Home help and home care trends (all sectors)
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There
has
been
a
5%
reductionin
the
number
of
day
care
staff
since
1997
and
also
a
6%
reduction
in
the
number
of
area
office
/
field
work
staff
.
(D8)
Staff of local authority social services departments at 30 September
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The
rise
in
expenditure
since
1993
-
94
includes
the
effects
of
local
authorities
meeting
their
expanded
community
care
responsibilities
.
(E4)
Historical trend in local authority personal social services expenditure
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