Health: Children and Young People

Health: Children and Young People is the second report in the Focus on London 2010 series. This chapter, authored by colleagues at the London Health Observatory, provides recent evidence on the health experience of children and young people in London. The report includes data about the Local Index of Child Wellbeing, infant mortality, breastfeeding, immunisation, injury, childhood obesity, physical activity, diet, smoking, alcohol consumption, drug use, teenage conceptions and sexual health. It reveals many areas of inequality within the city, but also highlights the ways in which London’s children are doing well.

Health: Children and Young People PDF

London Datastore resources

The data, an interactive chart, a presentation, a rankings scorecard and additional reports relating to the topic are being made available on the London Datastore. These include:

• Interactive scatterplot showing relationships between health and various socio-economic indicators
• Spreadsheet containing all the data from the Health: Children and Young People report
• Ranking scorecard showing how London is doing compared with other regions across a number of health indicators
• Interactive presentation discussing some of the factors around childhood obesity