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A rare compendium offering detailed health data from across the UK. With statistics ranging from trends in cigarette smoking, road accident casualties and pollution, it offers a valuable opportunity to break down nationwide data on health and the environment into comparable figures for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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The OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS (ONS) is the largest producer of official statistics to government. ONS is responsible for producing a wide range of key economic and social statistics which are used by policy makers across government to create evidence-based policies and monitor performance against them. The Office also builds and maintains data sources both for itself and for its business and research customers. It makes statistics available so that everyone can easily assess the state of the nation, the performance of government, and their own position.
Palgrave Macmillan supply print issues of United Kingdom Health Statistics via an Office for Public Sector Information PSI License.
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A rare compendium offering detailed health data from across the UK. With statistics ranging from trends in cigarette smoking, road accident casualties and pollution, it offers a valuable opportunity to break down nationwide data on health and the environment into comparable figures for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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'People are going to want this sort of data, and it is useful to have it all together. Reference librarians would therefore do well to consider this series for acquisition.' - Martin Guha, Reference Reviews
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'People are going to want this sort of data, and it is useful to have it all together. Reference librarians would therefore do well to consider this series for acquisition.' - Martin Guha, Reference Reviews
