BACKGROUND This paper is one of a set of seven i.e. one for each of the health boards in Wales. They have been produced following a request from a member of the Hywel Dda Local Public Health Team for a series of older people indicators to support the monitoring and evaluation of the Healthy Ageing Action Plan and the development of the Joint Commissioning Strategy for Older People in their area. A considerable number of older people in Wales are healthy, physically active and living independent lives. However, as the number of older people in Wales rises it is likely that there will be an increase in the prevalence of those chronic conditions which are strongly age-related, such as circulatory and respiratory diseases and cancers. Meeting the needs of these individuals will be a key challenge and so the Public Health Observatory felt the indicators requested by Hywel Dda would be of benefit to all health board areas. Excel files containing metadata, notes, charts and/or tables for each of the indicators in this paper are available on the Public Health Wales Observatory website at: . This does not include 2011 Census data, as these are yet to be published. Indicators based on the 2001 Census data can be accessed in the Needs ‘Health Assessment 2006: Older people’ which can be accessed: . © 2012 Public Health Wales NHS Trust. Material contained in this document may be reproduced without prior permission provided it is done so accurately and is not used in a misleading context. Acknowledgement to Public Health Wales NHS Trust to be stated. Copyright in the typographical arrangement, design and layout belongs to Public Health Wales NHS Trust. CONTENTS
BACKGROUND This paper is one of a set of seven i.e. one for each of the health boards in Wales. They have been produced following a request from a member of the Hywel Dda Local Public Health Team for a series of older people indicators to support the monitoring and evaluation of the Healthy Ageing Action Plan and the development of the Joint Commissioning Strategy for Older People in their area. A considerable number of older people in Wales are healthy, physically active and living independent lives. However, as the number of older people in Wales rises it is likely that there will be an increase in the prevalence of those chronic conditions which are strongly age-related, such as circulatory and respiratory diseases and cancers. Meeting the needs of these individuals will be a key challenge and so the Public Health Observatory felt the indicators requested by Hywel Dda would be of benefit to all health board areas. Excel files containing metadata, notes, charts and/or tables for each of the indicators in this paper are available on the Public Health Wales Observatory website at: . This does not include 2011 Census data, as these are yet to be published. Indicators based on the 2001 Census data can be accessed in the ‘Health Needs Assessment 2006: Older people’ which can be accessed: . © 2012 Public Health Wales NHS Trust. Material contained in this document may be reproduced without prior permission provided it is done so accurately and is not used in a misleading context. Acknowledgement to Public Health Wales NHS Trust to be stated. Copyright in the typographical arrangement, design and layout belongs to Public Health Wales NHS Trust. CONTENTS
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