Luton Borough Council
JSNA infographic summary (May 2022)
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The infographic you can see above shows an overview and key facts from the JSNA 2022.
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Life expectancy
Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a person can be expected to live from the date they are born.
- For men in Luton this is 78.1 years, of which 57.4 years is lived in good health
- For women in Luton this is 82.4 years, of which 60.2 years is lived in good health
Mortality
Of all 1,789 deaths in Luton in 2020:
- 35% were before their 75th birthday
- 19.3% were accounted for by cancer
- 16% were attributed to COVID-19
- 9.8% were due to dementia
- 9.4% were the result of a heart attack
Starting well
Children in Luton:
- 85.7% received one dose of the MMR vaccination
- 89.4% received one dose of the Dtap/IPV/Hib vaccination
- 4.7% of full term live births in Luton have low birth weight
- 36.8% of 5 year olds in Luton experience visually obvious dental decay
- 19% of children aged under 16 in Luton are from low income families
- 27% of year 6 children in Luton are classified as obese
Living well
Adults in Luton:
- 57.7% are physically active
- 16.8% are estimated to be current smokers
- 70.7% are classified as overweight or obese
- 5.8% of opiate users successfully completed drug treatment in Luton
- 9.3% are not satisfied with their lives
- 9.5% are unhappy
Ageing well
- 39.9 of adult social care users aged 65 and over in Luton have as much social contact as they would like
- 70.2% of those aged 65 and over in Luton that are estimated to have dementia received a timely diagnosis
- Around 9% of under-75s in Luton died from CVD considered preventable
- 68.6% of eligible women in Luton received breast cancer screening
- 71.2% received screening for cervical cancer
- 56.6% of eligible men and women in Luton received bowel cancer screening
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