Bolton JSNA Indicator Sheet: Chronic Liver Disease

This is the Chronic liver disease JSNA Indicator Sheet from the Mortality section. JSNA Indicator Sheets summarise the current position and recent trends for Bolton, comparators to Bolton, and inequalities across population groups and geographical areas of Bolton.

Headlines

• For both sexes mortality from chronic liver disease is currently much higher in Bolton than it is regionally and nationally;
• Mortality from chronic liver disease is increasing in Bolton - this is in line with the regional and national pattern;
• There is a marked gradient across quintiles and a significant widening of the inequality gap between the most deprived quintile and Bolton in recent times;
• Mortality is greatest in the South East of the borough, where rates can be over three and a half times the average for England;
• Bolton has a higher mortality rate than is average for its peer group.