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31 August 2010
Cancer Survival in Scotland

• Survival from cancer has, in general, increased between the periods of 1983-1987 and 2003-2007: 18 percentage points increase in males and almost 15 percentage points in females when looking at all cancers combined
• Taking all cancers combined, five year relative survival in the period 2003-2007 is estimated as 46% for males and 54% for females.
• The largest absolute increases in survival are found in breast, prostate and colorectal cancers, malignant melanoma of the skin and in lymphomas and leukaemias.

31 August 2010
Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios – Quarterly Statistics

• The data suggest that hospital mortality across Scotland is largely reducing over time.
• No hospital had mortality which was significantly higher than predicted given the patients and conditions seen there and relative to the Oct 06 – September 07 baseline.
• A single apparently high value of the HSMR is not sufficient evidence on which to conclude that a poor quality or unsafe service is being provided.
• There is variability (random variation) in the numbers of events observed by location and over time.  The smaller the group of patients at risk of dying, the greater the variability in actual deaths seen when measured over fixed periods of time.
• Inaccurate recording of information in hospital records, or errors in the coding of information, for example the main diagnosis, can lead to the over- or under-estimation of the number of deaths which would be expected for a hospital.  ISD seeks to avoid this by undertaking regular surveys of data quality in all NHS Boards and provides training in clinical coding.

31 August 2010
Births in Scottish hospitals, financial year 2008/2009

• The number of births in Scotland is increasing.
• There was a steady increase in the proportion of births to mothers aged 30-34, from 13% in 1976 to a peak of 31% in 2002 but this has now declined slightly to 26.5% in 2009.  There has also been a steady rise in the proportion of births to women aged 35-39, from 5% in 1976 to 17% in each of the last 4 years.

31 August 2010
Waiting Times

This publication reports on:

• Waiting times and waiting lists to 30 June 2010 (monthly and quarterly data)
  - At 30 June 2010, approximately 99.9% of new outpatients (all sources of referral) had been waiting 12 weeks or less.  
  - At 30 June 2010, approximately 99.9% of inpatients and day cases were waiting less than the 12-week national standard.
• Audiology Waiting Times to 30 June 2010 (monthly and quarterly data)
• A&E waiting times to 30 June 2010 (monthly and quarterly data)
• Diagnostic waiting times to 30 June 2010 (monthly and quarterly data

31 August 2010
Dental Statistics

Publication reports on Registrations and Fees & Treatments

• The percentage of the Scottish population registered with an NHS GDS dentist was 69.0% (all ages) as at 31st March 2010 and 70.1% (all ages) as at 30th June 2010. Overall, there was a 0.8 percentage point decrease from 31st December 2009 to 31st March 2010, followed by a 1.1 percentage point increase from 31st March 2010 to 30th June 2010. [These figures are based on an improved methodology which has removed deceased and duplicate patient records and allowed for reporting by patient residence postcode ].

Also reported on 31 August 2010:

Scottish Bowel Screening Programme Statistics (November 2007 to end October 2009)

Scottish Cervical Screening Programme Statistics 2009/2010

Influenza Update 2009/10

Genito-urinary Medicine Statistics, year ending December2009

Delayed Discharges in NHSScotland (formerly Patients Ready for Discharge) figures from the July 2010 Census

Improving ethnic data collection for equality and diversity monitoring

06 August 2010
Suicide Statistics 2009

Suicide is a leading cause of mortality among young people and Scotland's suicide rate is higher than in other parts of the UK.

• There were 746 deaths by suicide in Scotland in 2009 (deaths from intentional self harm and events of undetermined intent). This is a reduction on the 2008 figure, and equates to an age-sex-standardised rate for 2009 of 14.2 per 100,000 population.
• Based on three-year rolling averages there was a 13% fall in suicide rates between 2000-02 and 2007-09 in men and a 7% fall in women.
• In 2009, the suicide rate for males was just under three times that for females.
• Suicide rates generally increased with increasing deprivation, with rates in the most deprived 30% of areas of Scotland significantly higher than the Scottish average. This rate remains approximately four times higher in the most deprived area compared to the least deprived area.
• Between 2000-04 and 2005-09, the suicide rate decreased in 10 of the 14 NHS Boards and in 22 of the 32 local authorities.

 

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