Healthy Lives

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In the Healthy Lives domain, we delve into the broader social factors affecting health outcomes in Derbyshire. This domain specifically focuses on factors that directly impact individuals. It encompasses four subdomains, each providing valuable insights into various aspects of health.

  • Behavioural Risk Factors includes factors within an individual’s control that significantly influence their health.
  • Children and Young People includes topics affecting children including early years development, school attendance and teenage pregnancy rates.
  • Physiological Risk Factors encompasses physical or biological factors that affect an individual’s health.
  • Protective Measures are the factors that can help protect individual’s against poor health and maintain good health.

This structured approach to understanding health factors helps inform policies and initiatives aimed at improving the wellbeing of individuals and communities across Derbyshire.

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Within the “Healthy Lives” data quilt, you’ll find an extensive array of data that dives deep into individual-level health factors. These data cover behavioural risk factors like alcohol and drug use, dietary habits, and physical activity levels. Additionally, they explore the health of children and young people, physiological risk factors such as high blood pressure and obesity, and protective measures like cancer screenings and vaccinations. Together, these data provide a comprehensive understanding of health at the individual level across Derbyshire, its districts and boroughs.