The metadata for the indicator which has been converted from DAT level to local authority level describes in detail how this is done. This applies to indicator 90883 (percentage of people who inject drugs, aged 15 to 64 years).
Due to the nature of the indicators, and the inherently small numbers involved (particularly for NAFLD and the hepatitidies), we are unable to produce reliable, robust analyses to populate the indicators at the lower tier (district) level.
If you want to compare your local authorities to others in the same region, do this:
Other comparators may be added in future.
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The indicators are developed in collaboration with expert input from stakeholders, epidemiologists, clinicians and professionals in alcohol, drugs, hepatitis and obesity.
The aim is to provide a comprehensive means of assessing the suitability of each candidate indicator. These were used to assess the final set of indicators including those suggested in response to the consultation exercises.
Updates to the public health outcomes framework data tool are published as official statistics. They are produced in accordance with best practice set out in the code of practice for official statistics to ensure that they are fit for purpose, methodologically sound, politically independent and produced in a transparent way.
Indicators that are shaded blue rather than red, amber or green are presented in this way because it’s not possible or appropriate to apply the explicit value judgement inherent in the 'better' or 'worse' system. For example, the 'Percentage of people who inject drugs indicator' is an artefact of the population demographics (a measure of population at risk) of a particular local authority; this means, it’s not a measure of performance as is implied by the 'better' or 'worse' system.
Indicators that are shaded white do not have confidence intervals associated with them by which to compare against the benchmark value. Therefore, it’s not possible to determine whether the local value is statistically significantly higher or lower than the benchmark.
The way that the colour is assigned is based on statistically significant differences from the England value. This is determined within the liver disease profile tool by:
This is responsibility of the Public Health Analysis Unit of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).
Indicators in the liver disease profiles have been based on existing data sources wherever possible. The data source for each indicator is set out within the definitions tab.
You can use and reuse the data and charts from the liver disease profile tool free of charge in any format or medium under the terms of the open government licence.
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