Presentation given relating to the HSCIC report 'Focus on the health and care of young people June 2015' by Kate Croft, HSCIC Head of Statistical Response Unit. This took place at the Health+Care event at London's ExCel, on Thursday 25 June 2015.

1. Presented by Kate Croft

2. What we do
We provide information, data and IT systems for commissioners,
analysts and clinicians in health and social care

4. Key Facts
A child is born
in England
every 48 seconds
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Children are leading
increasingly sedentary
lifestyles – fewer children
are meeting recommended
levels of physical activity
Dental caries
are the most common
hospital diagnosis in
children aged 5-9

5. Key Facts
Drinking, smoking and
drug taking have all
reduced in the last
decade for pupils within
secondary education
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In 2013/14 referral
rates to psychological
therapies were twice
as high for 15-19 year
old females than
males
48 per cent of 16-24
year olds use fitness
apps on a regular
basis

6. Care setting
In 2013, the three most common reasons
medicines are supplied for 0-18 year olds
were:
• Infections - 24 per cent
• Skin conditions - 20 per cent
• Respiratory conditions - 13 per cent
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Source: Data has been extracted from a General Practice research database (THIN), held within the HSCIC.
The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database is supported by InPractice (INPS).
General Practice prescribing
24%
of prescriptions
dispensed for 0-18 year
olds are for infections

7. Care setting
Younger people are less
likely to spend 4 or
more hours in A&E
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Source:
HSCIC Hospital Episode Statistics - Accident and Emergency
Accident & emergency
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
0 to 4
years old
5 to 9
years old
10 to 14
years old
15 to 19
years old
20 to 24
years old
25 years
and older
Percentage of people who spend 4 or more hours in an
A&E department, 2013/14

8. Care setting
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Source:
HSCIC Hospital Episode Statistics - Accident and Emergency
Accident & emergency
0%
10%
20%
30%
0 to 4
years old
5 to 9
years old
10 to 14
years old
15 to 19
years old
20 to 24
years old
25 years
and older
Percentage of young people admitted to hospital
following attendance at A&E, 2013-14

9. Care setting
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Source:
HSCIC Hospital Episode Statistics - Inpatients
Younger children who
are admitted to hospital
as an emergency are less
likely to stay overnight.
Hospital inpatients – emergency admissions
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
0 to 4
years old
5 to 9
years old
10 to 14
years old
15 to 19
years old
20 to 24
years old
25 years
and older
Following an emergency admissions, percentage of
hospital discharges which involved at least an overnight
stay, by age in 2013/14

10. Care setting
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Attendances in A&E departments caused by assault on
15 to 19 year olds in 2013/14
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Source:
HSCIC Hospital Episode Statistics - Accident and Emergency
Attendances in A&E
departments
for assault on
15 to 19 year olds have
fallen by 41 per cent in
the past five years.
Attendances in A&E caused by assault on 15 to 19 year olds

11. Care setting
Young people are less
likely to attend their
outpatient appointments
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Source:
HSCIC Hospital Episode Statistics - Outpatients
Hospital outpatients
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
0 to 4
years old
5 to 9
years old
10 to 14
years old
15 to 19
years old
20 to 24
years old
25 years
and older
Percentage of people failing to attend their outpatient
appointments, England, 2013/14

12. Care setting
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Medical workforce
33%
rise in the number of medical
staff employed in child-focussed
specialties since 2004
Source:
Health and Social Care Information Centre Medical and Dental Workforce Census
Non-medical workforce
2004 2014
1,600 3,000
school nursing FTEs

13. Expectant mothers smoking at
the time of delivery has fallen
during the nine years since
record keeping began.
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Sources: HSCIC Statistics on Women’s Smoking Status at Time of Delivery: England http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB17668
Pregnancy and childbirth
1 in 9
mothers
were smokers
at the time of
delivery
Newborns and infants

14. The percentage of children given
the MMR vaccine by 24 months of
age has increased from 85 per cent
in 2006/07 to 93 per cent 2013/14.
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Source: NHS Immunisations Statistics, England 2013/14
www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/immstats1314
In 2013-14
Immunisations: Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR)
93%
Received
the MMR
vaccination
The Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR) vaccine
is given to infants in 2 doses at around 1 year
old and 3 years 4 months - 5 years old.
Newborns and infants

15. Childhood
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Source: HSCIC reported NCMP
www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/ncmpeng1314
Children’s weight – the national picture
23% 34%
of Reception year
children (aged 4-5)
were overweight or
obese
of Year 6 children
(aged 10-11) were
overweight or
obese
In 2013/14

16. Childhood
Overweight and obesity
prevalence is greater among
children living in more socially
deprived areas.
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Source: HSCIC reported NCMP www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/ncmpeng1314
* www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-indices-of-deprivation
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
Reception Year combined Overweight and Obese
Year 6 combined Overweight and Obese
IMD Most Deprived IMD Least Deprived
Overweight and obesity prevalence among Reception and Year 6
school children by deprivation status, 2013/14
Children’s weight – variation

17. Childhood
Children from more socially deprived
backgrounds* are more likely to have
obvious tooth decay experience.
*The use of free school meals has been used as a measure of social
deprivation
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Source:
HSCIC Children’s Dental Health Survey 2013 www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/ChildDentalHealth
Tooth decay – by deprivation status
41% 57%
of deprived
5 year olds
of deprived
8 year olds
Tooth decay in deprived children 2013

18. Conclusion
Hopefully this presentation has been fascinating, provided you with insight, and inspired you
Download presentation from: http://www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/ypfocusjun15
Regional spreadsheets available for smoking in pregnancy, breastfeeding, immunisations
(5 in 1 and MMR), and children’s weight
Come and talk to me and colleagues on the main HSCIC stand (K60)
- we can explain these findings in more detail
- demonstrate the wealth of other HSCIC data available on other subject areas
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