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LOCALITY STUDY
These exercises are just to get you started with using some of the online data. Published
statistics are not always available at ward level. This is particularly true of statistics
relating to immunisation uptake, mortality and morbidity. Whenever you use statistics
always make sure you state whether they are at ward level (i.e. statistics for the area
covered by the local council electoral district) or the level of the Unitary Authority, LHB,
etc. Also be clear whether you are giving statistics for the number of people (person
count) or for percentages of people.
Go to Blackboard. Select
Library Support for Health Sciences
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Click on How to...
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Open
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Open Locality Study folder
…find health statistics (Locality Study)
NOTE: The City & County of Swansea Unitary Authority website, now has WARD
PROFILES and much of the information you want will be available from this site. These
include house prices. Remember, you can also find house prices on the websites of local
estate agents. Major employers are listed for each ward as well as benefit claimants.
You will sometimes find more up-to-date data for benefit claimants on the Nomis
Website.
Getting Started…
1. a) Find a GP surgery.
Follow the link to NHS Wales Directory
Under Our Services click on Directory
Choose an area (e.g. Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board)
Choose the link to GP Surgeries.
Select a GP surgery and note the postcode [e.g. SA2 9EA]
Close screen to return to Blackboard.
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Local Area Statistics…
Click to open this folder, to find links to various sources of statistics.
ONS Neighbourhood Statistics
Use this to find statistics for the age-structure, ethnic mix, and social class etc. of the
population in this area at Ward level.
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Choose the link to Office of National Statistics – Neighbourhood Statistics.
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Enter the postcode, and choose your “output area” (i.e. the level at which you
would like to find statistics). Choose ‘Ward’ as your level. This will give you statistics
for the local electoral constituency in which your GP practice is based.
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Links to a range of datasets appear, including 2011 Census: Key Statistics and 2011
Census: Quick Statistics. Note: They tend to cover a lot of similar topics, but “2011
Census: Key Statistics” often will give percentages as well as number counts.
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Use these two datasets to answer at least TWO of the following questions:
Try using the “search within topics” search box.
POPULATION
1. What was the total number for the usual resident population for this ward at
the time of the 2011 Census? How many are female? [2011 Census: Key
Statistics - Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics]
2. In the 2011 Census, what was the percentage of people in this ward over 75
and under 85? What was the total number of people over 85? [2011 Census:
Key Statistics - Age Structure (KS102EW) ]9Age
3 Find out the total number of dependent children in this ward at the time of
the 2011 Census. [2011 Census: Key Statistics - Adults not in Employment
and Dependent Children and Persons with Long-Term Health Problem or
Disability for All Households, 2011 (KS106EW)]
4 What was the ethnic mix of the area? Is there a large ethnic community?
[2011 Census: Key Statistics - Ethnic Group, 2011 (KS201EW)]
5 What percentage of people was recorded in the 2011 Census as having a
Day-to-Day Activities Limited a Lot? Is it higher or lower than the percentage
given for the Unitary Authority in which the ward is located? How does it
compare with the Welsh percentage? [2011 Census: Key Statistics – Health
and Provision of Unpaid Care 2011 (KS301EW)] K[{[ Health
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6 How many lone-parent households with dependent children were
recorded? [2011 Census: Key Statistics - Lone Parent Households with
Dependent Children, 2011 KS107EW)]
HOUSING
1. Find the number of houses in Council Tax Band C for this area in March 2011.
[Go back to the Topics page and look in Housing then Dwelling Stock by Council
Tax Band]
2. Find statistics about the type of housing in this area. [Topics - Housing Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW)]
a. What percentage of the housing stock is detached? How does this
compare with the percentage for the Unitary Authority?
b. What is the percentage of converted or shared housing (flats and bedsits)? How does this compare with the percentage for the Unitary
Authority?
3. At the time of the 2011 Census did most people in the area rent or own their
homes? [Topics - Housing – Tenure - People (QS403EW)]
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
1. What was the NUMBER of people in receipt of housing benefit/ council tax
benefit? [Go back to the Topics page and look in Economic Deprivation - Housing
Benefit/Council Tax Benefit Claimants]
a. Where does this data come from? [Find this information in “About this
dataset.”]
b. What time period does it cover?
2. What was the estimated average weekly income in this area for 2001-2002?
[Go back to the] Topics >People and Society: Income and Lifestyles
Income: Model-Based Estimates]
a. Where does this data come from?
b. What time period does it cover?
c. Is this an estimate?
CREATING CHARTS in Neighbourhood Statistics
Go back to the first list of datasets [Topics - Census 2011 Census: Key Statistics
Occupation, 2011 (KS608EW)]
Open this link and see if you can answer the following:
1. What is the percentage of people who work in professional occupations in
this area? How does it compare with the percentage for Wales as a whole?
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2. Create a chart that compares the percentages of people in different
occupations in your chosen area with that for the Unitary Authority and the
whole of Wales.
a. Click on the link on the right of the screen: “Compare your data
further”
b. You will see that the necessary items for your chart have already been
chosen.
c. Click “Next” [bottom right of screen] until you see a table of
statistics. (This takes you past pages where you can alter the area or
topics selected.)
d. Create a chart from these by clicking on the bar chart icon [on the left
of the screen].
e. On the next screen, check that ‘percentages’ has been selected and
click
f. ‘“Next” and “Next” again until you chart is displayed.
g. Save – right click and paste into WORD file.
TIP: You can do this with other sets of data. First get the statistics you want and then use the
link on the right of the screen: “Compare your data further”
CREATING CHARTS in EXCEL
CREATING CHARTS IN EXCEL (Using MS Excel 2010)
This time we will make a chart showing the age ranges for the local area in comparison
with the Local Authority, and Wales.
a. Go back to Home Page for Neighbourhood Statistics, and enter your
postcode, select Ward, etc.
b. On the Topics page, click on 2011 Census: Key Statistics
c. Next page click to open: Age Structure, 2011 (KS102EW) (2011)
d. Click on the button (at top of table) Download this Table
e. Save the file, and then open it in MS Excel
f. There is a lot of data. We only want to use the percentages so that we can
compare the data easily with the local authority & Wales.
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Step 1
Right-click on the word
percentage. Select Filter by
Selected Cell’s Value
Step 2
Next you want to hide some of the columns that are not needed for your chart – e.g.
percentage, persons …
Highlight columns B, C, D
(percentage, persons, Mar-11).
Right-click on these columns,
and then choose HIDE.
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Step 3
Now highlight the data you want to use in the chart.
Step 4
Next, at the top of the screen, choose the tab INSERT and then choose COLUMN
Step 5
Chart should look like this:
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Age Structure (KS102EW)
West Cross Ward
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Age Structure (KS102EW)
Swansea Unitary
Authority
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Age 0 to 4
Age 5 to 7
Age 8 to 9
Age 10 to 14
Age 15
Age 16 to 17
Age 18 to 19
Age 20 to 24
Age 25 to 29
Age 30 to 44
Age 45 to 59
Age 60 to 64
Age 65 to 74
Age 75 to 84
Age 85 to 89
Age 90 and Over
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Age Structure (KS102EW)
Wales Country
Right click on blank part of graph, to copy the image and then save in WORD.
NOTE: When using charts etc., always acknowledge the source.
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HEALTH & CARE STATISTICS ON NEIGHBOURHOOD STATISTICS
[Note: Only if these statistics are listed here for your area.]
Go back again to the home page for Neighbourhood Statistics. (Link to this on the blue
bar at the top of the web page.) Re-enter the postcode and select “ward” again. Scroll
down to Health & Care. Open this link and see if you can answer the following:
1. Look at: Conceptions – Under 18s: Local Analysis. What time period does this
data relate to? Note that the data is provided in quintiles – not counts or
percentages. Look at the pdf document describing the dataset. Quintile 5
indicates the highest level of under 18 conceptions, and quintile 1 represents the
lowest. Which quintile does your local area fall into? [This data may not be
available for your area.] See About this dataset for explanation of quintiles.
Click on Trend Data to compare with previous years and with the overall
indicator for the Unitary Authority.
2. Within Health & Care, look at Health & Provision of Unpaid Care, 2011
(KS301EW). How many people said they were providing 50+ hours per week
unpaid care?
NEIGHBOURHOOD SUMMARY
 Return to Neighbourhood Stats home page. [Link to this on the blue bar at the top of
the webpage.]
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This time use the Neighbourhood Summary (right-hand side of screen). Enter the
same postcode.
NOTE: The Neighbourhood Summary is usually based upon a Census Output Area (e.g.
Lower Super Output Area) this will not be the exact same area as defined by the
boundaries of the local electoral ward. If you use these statistics make this clear!!
Employment & Unemployment in your Local Area - Nomis
Go back to Blackboard. Under the link to ONS Neighbourhood Statistics, you will see
“Employment & Unemployment in your Local Area” and a link to the NOMIS website.
This is a good place to look for current employment related statistics for your local
ward.
 Try finding out the number of people in your local ward who are claiming Job
Seekers’ Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance/Incapacity Benefit.
 On the NOMIS website, in the box headed “Summary Statistics”, click on ward
 Enter your postcode and scroll half way down the results page to find this
information.
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Look at DWP benefit claimants to see the numbers/percentages claiming
Jobseeker’s Allowance. By clicking on view time-series you can see how this has
gone up or down.
SWANSEA WARD PROFILES - If you are fortunate to find your community placement is
in one of these wards, then you will be able to gather a great deal of information from
these profiles which are available on the City & County of Swansea website. (See link on
Blackboard.) They use 2011 Census data.
NEATH PORT TALBOT WARD PROFILES – NPT have also created ward profiles. The link
on Blackboard will take you to the appropriate web page. They use 2001 Census data.
Other data used more recent.
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation
Find the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) Overall Deprivation Score for
your local ward. (The Swansea Ward Profiles should contain these.)
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Go back to Blackboard and to the Local Area Statistics section in the Community
folder.
See if you can find the WIMD Overall Deprivation Score for your area. Has this
changed since 2005? Is it for the ward or for a larger or smaller area?
Note: The Swansea Ward Profiles will provide information on the WIMD score for your
ward.
Health Statistics
Health & Care Statistics Wales from Welsh Assembly Government
The Welsh Assembly Government website has a webpage with links to useful statistics.
Find out about immunisation rates.
Published statistics only relate to the Local Health Board area.
TIP: The local surgery where you are placed may keep useful statistics of this type also
check out the GP Surgery Statistics database.
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Go back to Blackboard and to the Locality Study folder.
Open the Health Statistics folder
Follow the link to Health & Care Statistics Wales webpage
From the menu on the left, choose “NHS Community Health”
Next page, click on: “Immunisation”
Now click on “NHS Immunisation 2011-12”
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You can view the latest information in pdf form.
Near the bottom of the page, follow the link to “Further information - StatWales
website”
Look at “Immunisation coverage by 2nd birthday…”
1. MMR uptake. Compare the percentage for Swansea in 2011-2012 with the
uptake in 2003-2004? Has MMR uptake increased?
2. How does the Swansea LHB uptake of MMR in 2011-2012 compare with the
overall percentage for Wales?
Find out about drug & alcohol misuse in your Unitary Authority. [NOTE: These are
experimental statistics and are only available at the level of the Unitary Authority]
1. From the Health Statistics section of the Community Study Folder, follow the
link to Health & Care Statistics Wales
2. From the menu on the left, choose “NHS Community Health”
3. Scroll down and click on the link to Substance Misuse in the menu on the
left. Next, click on the link to Substance Misuse 2011-12 and, on the next page,
-follow the link to StatsWales.
4. Note that some of these figures are estimates.
HEALTH STATISTICS WALES
This is an annual publication providing much useful health data, but only at the level of
the Unitary Authority or Health Board.
Health Statistics Wales 2012 – Take a look a t
Health Statistics Wales 2012 - Chapter 17: Local Health Board Profiles
Find the link to this on Blackboard.
You can view the figures either in Excel spreadsheets or as a pdf file.
Use the search box in PDF to find any references to your Unitary Authority – e.g.
Swansea. See if you can compare the Standardised Death Rates for Myocardial
Infarction in females in Swansea with Merthyr Tydfil. Is it higher or lower? What year
is the data from?
 In Chapter 3.4 (Morbidity) – (pdf or Excel file) Take a look at the average annual
cancer registration rates for 2006 – 2010. How does your Unitary Authority
compare with the figure for Wales as a whole?
TIP: These statistics are not available at ward level. For lower level statistics, make sure
you ask at your local surgery or look at the GP Data database.
TIP: Be careful to check how the figures are presented – e.g. per 100,000 of population;
count; percentage etc.
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GP Contract Data
Data collected as part of the Quality and Outcomes Framework of the GP contract,
can be searched at http://www.gpcontract.co.uk
On the ‘welcome’ page, if you scroll down you will see a search box. Look for your
GP surgery and find out the prevalence of asthma or obesity amongst patients at
your GP surgery? How do these compare with the local health board or the rest of
the UK?
Centile charts show the position of a measured parameter within a statistical
distribution. They do not show if that parameter is normal or abnormal. They merely
show how it compares with that measurement in other individuals.
They are called centiles and not per centiles. If a parameter such as height is on the
3rd centile, this means that for every 100 children of that age, 3% would be
expected to be shorter and 97 taller. On the 97th centile, 97 would be shorter and 3
taller.
Health, Social Care and Well-being Needs Assessment &
Strategies
Is your ward mentioned in the Health, Social Care and Well-being Needs Assessment
for the Unitary Authority / Local Health Board? What are the health & social care
priorities for your UA or LHB?
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Go back to Blackboard and to the Health Statistics section in the Locality folder.
Scroll down to find the links to these documents.
These are usually very large documents! If you can’t see a search box, hold down the
“Ctrl” key and press F. This will open up a search box. Type the name of your ward
into the search box.
Check out what the priorities are in the Health Board and see how your GP Surgery is
responding to them.
Local Health Boards
Look at the ABMU Health Board’s Annual Report and see if they comment on the local
uptake rates for MMR immunisation.
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Go back to Blackboard and to the Health Statistics section of the Community folder.
Scroll down to find the links to these documents.
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The Public Health Observatory Wales - LHB demographic profiles may also give you
additional useful information at this level. For example, if you follow the Blackboard
link to their publications page, you will be able to find statistics for deaths from
alcohol by local authority, COPD in ABMU, Lifestyle & Health for Powys, and much
more. This website is growing all the time.
Crime & Policing
If your ward is in the Swansea, Neath Portalbot or Bridgend areas, take a look at the
police statistics on Blackboard. The statistics are broken down to Divisional Areas (e.g.
Gorseinon, Morriston, etc.), but check to see the Division in which your Ward is situated.
How do crime statistics here compare with other Divisions?
Swansea Ward Profiles also provide crime statistics.
South Wales Police Force - Local Crimemapper - will give you ward level statistics on
the level of crime. (http://southwales.crimemapper.co.uk/)
OURBOBBY.COM You can also find useful information at ward-level from this site
(http://www.ourbobby.com) – for example, listing the policing priorities in your area.
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Has crime in your area increased or decreased in the last 12 months?
What are the top policing priorities in your area?
ONLINE CRIME MAPS - This is a new website for England & Wales which you can use to
find out more about your neighbourhood. (http://www.police.uk)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
In addition to the resources above, you will find that there are other resources available
to you and some of these are in the ‘Additional Resources’ folder on the Locality
Module in Blackboard. Also, remember that there may be a great deal of useful
information on the LHB & Unitary Authority websites.
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