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Title |
HPI: Physical morbidity |
Description |
Health Poverty Index - Situation of Health: Physical morbidity: Proportion of the working age population claiming Incapacity Benefit for various groups of conditions |
Source |
Department of Health (DoH), Department of Work and Pensions (Incapacity Benefit Statistics), ONS Mid Year Estimates |
Geographic coverage |
England |
Geographic units |
Local Authority District (LAD), National |
Time coverage (most recent) |
1998 |
Time coverage |
1998 |
Update frequency |
- |
Background information |
Incapacity Benefit is a non means-tested benefit paid to people who are incapable of work due to ill health and who have paid sufficient National Insurance contributions. The benefit dataset is coded for medical conditions, to which the Department for Work and Pensions matched International Classification of Diseases Version 10 (ICD-10) codes. |
Notes on using |
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