Table 2 Data used to define population
Population of need according to healthy towns database | Definition used for analysisa |
|---|---|
All people | Total resident population |
Black and minority ethnic (BME) | Total number of non-white British people (white Irish, white other, mixed, Asian or Asian British, black or black British, Chinese or other) |
Children | Total resident population aged 0 – 18 years |
Children/youths [specific ages] | Total resident population by appropriate age categories |
Disabilities and/or learning difficulties | Total resident population with limiting long-term illness, health problems or disability |
Employers and employees | Total workplace population |
Families | Total number of families in households with one or more dependent children (0 – 15, or 16–18 and in full time education) |
Households living in social housing | Total number of households living in social rented accommodation |
Inactive/overweight | Model based estimates for percentage obese, converted to number of people based on the proportion of adults aged 16 and over in the resident population |
Over 50’s | Total resident population aged 50 and above |
Resident adults | Total resident population aged 18 and above |
Retired households | Total number of households with pensioners (one person; one family and no others, all pensioners; other households, all pensioner) |
Single parent families | Total lone parent households with dependent children (0 – 15, or 16–18 and in full time education) |
Socio-economic disadvantage | Total number of people in National Statistics Socio-Economic Classifications (NS-SEC) semi-routine occupations, routine occupations, never worked and long-term unemployed |