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Cherwell health and wellbeing facts and figures

Facts and figures for Cherwell Decorative 

Pre-birth, birth and early years

Stage Fact Figures
Pre-birth Mothers smoking at birth 6.4%
Birth Babies born 1,884
Birth Cherwell population 161,000
Early years Children live in low income families 4,353
Early years Children killed or seriously injured on roads 2

Primary and Secondary school

Stage Fact Figures
Primary school Reception children overweight or obese 350
Primary school Year 6 children overweight or obese 560
Secondary school Not in education, employment or training 75
Secondary school Victims of domestic abuse affecting children 1,106
Secondary school Victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) 18
Secondary school GCSE attainment 8 score 48.6
Secondary school Under 18 conceptions 24
Secondary school Young people admitted for self-harm 230
Secondary school Under 18s hospital admissions for alcohol (3 years) 35
Secondary school 15-24 year olds diagnosed with Chlamydia 152

Working age

Fact Figures
Average house price £396,982
Adults in employment 78.4%
Average female salary £23,032
Average male salary £34,978
Adults smoke 12.5%
Adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 3,064
Adults overweight or obese 64.6%
Adults are physically active 68.6%
Adults with coronary heart disease 5,543
Adults killed or seriously injured on roads 53
Alcohol admissions aged 40-64 270
Adults diagnosed with depression 23,032
Deaths from suicide (3 years) 38
Deaths from cancer (3 years) 375
Adults with long-term illness or disability 23,398
Deaths from drug misuse (3 years) 12
New sexually transmitted infections 450
Victims of domestic abuse 2,083
Households in fuel poverty 4,884
Adults with diabetes 10,626
Unpaid carers 11,597

Older people

Fact Figures
Hospital admission due to falls 660
People had a stroke 4,045
Adults with dementia 1,627
Average male expectancy 81.0
Average female life expectancy 83.8
Died at home 24.5%