Bolton JSNA Indicator Sheet: Smoking Attributable Mortality

This is the Smoking attributable 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

• Smoking attributable mortality in Bolton is higher than both the national and regional average;
• The mortality rate is static locally, regionally, and nationally;
• In Bolton, there is an inequality gradient in mortality across socioeconomic groups for both sexes;
• Bolton has a higher rate of smoking attributable mortality due to heart disease and stroke and other cerebrovascular disease than the North West and England;
• Bolton is higher than average for smoking attributable mortality compared to both its peer group and within the Greater Manchester connurbation.