Public Health Children and Young People Needs Profiles
In February 2015, Public Health at Somerset County Council published Health and Wellbeing Needs Profiles for each Somerset district, in collaboration with the ‘getset’ service.
Summary findings included:
- Mendip is significantly better than the Somerset average in terms of levels of child poverty and in terms of child hospital admissions due to accidents.
- Sedgemoor is significantly better than the Somerset average in terms of infant/childhood mortality and child hospital admissions due to accidents. The district is significantly worse than the county average in terms of child poverty and breastfeeding prevalence (at 6-8 week check).
- South Somerset is significantly better than the Somerset average in terms of child poverty. The district is significantly worse than the county average in terms of child hospital admissions due to accidents.
- Taunton Deane is significantly better than the Somerset average in terms of breastfeeding prevalence (at 6-8 week check).
- West Somerset is significantly worse than the Somerset average in terms of levels of child poverty.
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