Table 3.
Top 10 and bottom 10 family health services health authorities according to rates of admission to hospital for asthma, 1994-5, with changes in ranking compared with ranking by age and sex standardised rate shown in paraentheses
| Rank | Crude rate | Directly standardised for age and sex | Allowing for morbidity factors | Allowing for morbidity and socioeconomic factors | Allowing for morbidity*, socioeconomic factors, and supply of secondary care |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 rates | |||||
| 1 | Manchester (1) | Kingston and Richmond | Kingston and Richmond (0) | Kingston and Richmond (0) | Kingston and Richmond (0) |
| 2 | Rochdale (2) | Manchester | Rochdale (2) | Rochdale (2) | Rochdale (2) |
| 3 | Liverpool (0) | Liverpool | Manchester (1) | Enfield and Haringey (9) | Berkshire (24) |
| 4 | St Helens and Knowsley (1) | Rochdale | Liverpool (1) | Bury (2) | Doncaster (3) |
| 5 | Bury (1) | St Helens and Knowsley | Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster (3) | Sandwell (8) | Coventry (5) |
| 6 | Sheffield (10) | Bury | Bury (0) | Gateshead (12) | Enfield and Haringey (6) |
| 7 | Oldham (2) | Doncaster | Enfield and Haringey (5) | Coventry (3) | Sefton (4) |
| 8 | Doncaster (1) | Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster | St Helens and Knowsley (3) | Bradford (9) | Sandwell (5) |
| 9 | Coventry (1) | Oldham | Coventry (1) | Manchester (7) | Gateshead (9) |
| 10 | Sandwell (3) | Coventry | Oldham (1) | Doncaster (3) | Buckinghamshire (22) |
| Bottom 10 rates | |||||
| 81 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (7) | Kirklees | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (7) | Northamptonshire (6) | Ealing, Hammersmith, and Hounslow (5) |
| 82 | Avon (4) | Hampshire | Kirklees (1) | Kent (5) | Kirklees (1) |
| 83 | Kirklees (2) | Northumberland | Northumberland (0) | Avon (5) | Essex (3) |
| 84 | Essex (4) | Somerset | Somerset (0) | Dudley (11) | Camden and Islington (43) |
| 85 | Hampshire (3) | North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire (0) | Essex (5) | Dudley (12) |
| 86 | Northumberland (3) | Barnet | Barnet (0) | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (12) | Barnet (0) |
| 87 | Somerset (3) | Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire (0) | Somerset (3) | Croydon (1) |
| 88 | North Yorkshire (3) | Croydon | Croydon (0) | Croydon (0) | Salford (43) |
| 89 | Derbyshire (0) | Derbyshire | Derbyshire (0) | Derbyshire (0) | Derbyshire (0) |
| 90 | Bedfordshire (0) | Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire (0) | Bedfordshire (0) | Bedfordshire (0) |
*
Limiting long term illness reported in the 1991 census.