Generally most people experience good health, and our mortality rates are better than England. However not everyone has the same experience, and it is important to consider variation by geography and in deaths considered preventable.

In most instances, poor health is related to living with one (or more) of 6 major health conditions - as set out in the national major health strategy.
 

Cancer

BCP Cancer Indicators

Dorset Cancer Indicators

ICS Data - Cancer Services

Health Watch Dorset - report on cancer support services in West Dorset

Mortality from leading cancers in districts of England from 2002 to 2019: a population-based, spatiotemporal study - The Lancet Oncology

Cardiovascular Disease (including stroke and diabetes)

Cardiovascular Disease Profile

Diabetes Profile

National General Practice Profiles - CVD Data - OHID (phe.org.uk)

National General Practice Profiles - Stroke and TIA Data - OHID (phe.org.uk)

National General Practice Profiles - Diabetes Data - OHID (phe.org.uk)

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Musculoskeletal health: local profiles - OHID (phe.org.uk)

Falls Prevention Topic Panel

BCP Falls Paper

Dementia

Dementia Profile - OHID (phe.org.uk)

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Respiratory disease - OHID (phe.org.uk)

Other

NHS Health Check - OHID (phe.org.uk) - The NHS Health Check programme aims to help prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, kidney disease and certain types of dementia.