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Reference to Word 'their'
Half
(
50
%
)
of
those
presenting
were
in
their
twenties
and
around
one
in
seven
(
13
%
)
were
aged
under
20.
(A10) Health Related Behaviour: Users presenting to drug misuse services for the first time
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
In
1998
over
70%
of
adults
aged
16
-
77
thought
their
health
was
good
or
very
good
.
(A5) Indicators of the Nations Health: Trends in adults general health, longstanding illness and acute sickness
2.0
million
patients
were
seen
for
their
first
outpatient
appointment
in
the
quarter
ending
September
2003
following
referral
from
their
GP.
(B19) Outpatient Waiting Times: Patients seen following GP written referral and time waited from referral to consultation - Quarter ended 30 September 2003
Of
those
seen
following
referral
by
their
GP,
80%
had
waited
less
than
13
weeks
and
99
.
8
%
had
waited
less
than
26
weeks
.
(B19) Outpatient Waiting Times: Patients seen following GP written referral and time waited from referral to consultation - Quarter ended 30 September 2003
The
Voucher
Scheme
was
introduced
on
1
July
1986.
Under
this
scheme
vouchers
are
issued
to
those
who
would
previously
have
been
eligible
to
receive
NHS
spectacles
,
to
use
towards
buying
their
own
choice
of
spectacles
.
(B3) General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
The
proportion
of
children
who
have
been
immunised
by
their
second
birthday
against
diphtheria
,
tetanus
and
polio
in
2001
-
02
was
94
%
,
slightly
below
the
peak
uptake
of
95
.
7
%
in
1996
-
97
.
(B9) Community Health and Prevention: Vaccination and immunisation
Uptake
figures
in
1986
are
percentage
immunised
by
end
of
calendar
year
in
which
their
second
birthday
falls
.
(B9) Community Health and Prevention: Vaccination and immunisation
by
their
2nd
birthday
(B9) Community Health and Prevention: Vaccination and immunisation
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)
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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