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The Compendium mortality set publication has now been discontinued, please see the details below.

The Compendium hospital care set covers the following publications:

This collection of indicators helps organisations measure health and the diverse range of factors which influence health inequalities in their local population, such as unemployment, poverty, crime and education. The indicators were originally created to help Primary Care Trusts and Local Authorities...

The Compendium set of Public health indicators covers the following publications: Abortions, Alcohol consumption, Births, Chromosomal abnormalities/congenital malformations, Circulatory diseases, Conceptions, Dental Health, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Fertility, General health, Immunisations and infectious diseases, Kidney/renal...

These indicators previously reported cancer incidence, cancer prevalence, cancer survival and cancer screening.

To reduce deaths from fracture of the skull and intracranial injury.

To reduce deaths from malignant melanoma and skin cancers other than malignant melanoma.

To reduce deaths from fracture of femur.

Years of life lost (YLL) is a measure of premature mortality. Its primary purpose is to compare the relative importance of different causes of premature death within a particular population and it can therefore be used by health planners to define priorities for the prevention of such deaths. It can...