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Nationally
,
more
women
aged
16
-
49
reported
the
use
of
a
condom
for
contraception
in
1999
(
23
%
)
than
ten
years
earlier
(
15
%
)
.
(A16)
Fertility: Contraception
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The
two
main
changes
arise
from
a
revised
interpretation
of
WHO
Coding
Rule
3,
and
from
the
absence
of
medical
enquiries
.
More
details
of
the
changes
and
their
effects
on
data
are
given
in
the
following
publications
:
(A3)
Indicators of the Nations Health: Male death rates by selected causes
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Among
those
aged
11
-
15
,
girls
are
more
likely
to
be
regular
smokers
than
boys
(
11
%
girls
,
9%
boys
in
2002
)
.
(A8)
Health Related Behaviour: Prevalence of smoking cigarettes among secondary school children aged 11 to 15 years by gender
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Younger
people
were
more
likely
to
drink
above
these
levels
than
older
people
.
(A9)
Health Related Behaviour: Prevalence of alcohol consumption above 21/14 units a week for men/women aged 18 and over
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In
2001,
almost
two
fifths
of
men
(
38
%
)
had
drunk
more
than
4
units
on
at
least
one
day
in
the
previous
week
.
(A9b)
Maximum daily amount had drunk last week, by persons aged 16 and over, by gender
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Women
were
much
less
likely
to
have
drunk
above
sensible
levels
:
around
one
fifth
(
22
%
)
of
women
had
drunk
more
than
3
units
on
at
least
one
day
in
the
previous
week
.
(A9b)
Maximum daily amount had drunk last week, by persons aged 16 and over, by gender
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More
than
4,
up
to
8
units
(A9b)
Maximum daily amount had drunk last week, by persons aged 16 and over, by gender
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More
than
8
units
(A9b)
Maximum daily amount had drunk last week, by persons aged 16 and over, by gender
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More
than
4
units
(A9b)
Maximum daily amount had drunk last week, by persons aged 16 and over, by gender
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More
than
3,
up
to
6
units
(A9b)
Maximum daily amount had drunk last week, by persons aged 16 and over, by gender
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More
than
6
units
(A9b)
Maximum daily amount had drunk last week, by persons aged 16 and over, by gender
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More
than
3
units
(A9b)
Maximum daily amount had drunk last week, by persons aged 16 and over, by gender
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The
figures
do
not
reflect
the
number
of
individual
patients
treated
,
as
one
patient
could
have
more
than
one
episode
of
care
within
the
data
year
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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Figures
for
the
number
of
practitioners
relate
to
ophthalmic
medical
practitioners
and
ophthalmic
opticians
who
held
contracts
with
FHSAs
/
HAs
to
carry
out
NHS
sight
tests
as
at
31
December
.
Those
with
more
than
one
contract
are
counted
only
once
.
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
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58,900
children
were
looked
after
in
England
at
31
March
2001,
1
.
4
%
more
than
a
year
than
a
year
earlier
,
and
representing
52
per
10,000
children
under
18.
(C1)
Children: Looked after by local authorities at 31 March
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38,400
children
were
looked
after
in
foster
placements
-
500
more
than
a
year
earlier
.
(C1)
Children: Looked after by local authorities at 31 March
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Slightly
more
boys
were
on
the
register
than
girls
in
2001
;
girls
out
-
numbered
boys
before
1994.
(C2)
Children: Children and young people on child protection registers at 31 March
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Children
may
be
registered
under
more
than
one
of
the
categories
of
abuse
shown
;
the
sum
of
the
categories
therefore
exceeds
the
total
number
of
children
on
the
register
.
(C2)
Children: Children and young people on child protection registers at 31 March
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Slightly
more
than
half
of
all
children
adopted
in
England
had
been
looked
after
by
a
local
authority
immediately
prior
to
being
adopted
.
Most
of
the
remainder
are
adopted
by
step
-
parents
or
relatives
,
and
are
not
included
in
this
table
.
(C3)
Children: Adoptions from care
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Half
of
care
leavers
aged
16
or
over
had
been
looked
after
continuously
for
more
than
two
years
,
although
a
quarter
had
been
looked
after
more
less
than
six
months
.
(C4)
Children: Aged 16 and over who ceased to be looked after by a local authority
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Data
are
collected
on
households
receiving
services
-
a
household
may
include
more
than
one
client
.
(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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Data
are
collected
on
households
receiving
services
-
a
household
may
include
more
than
one
client
.
(C6)
Adults: Home help and home care trends (all sectors)
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Figures
should
be
treated
with
caution
as
they
are
based
upon
organisations
reporting
90%
or
more
valid
ethnic
codes
for
non
-
medical
staff
.
(D4)
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: Directly employed staff by ethnic group at 30 September 2002
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