The LHO were commissioned by the Department of Health to develop a local basket of inequalities indicators. The local basket of health inequalities indicators was released in October 2003, following the launch of Tackling Health Inequalities: Programme for Action in July 2003. The local basket of health inequalities indicators contains an initial set of 70 indicators. It contains measures of health status or health outcomes, measures of the determinants of health, measures of access to services and process measures.

The main purpose of the local basket of indicators is to help support local action to achieve the Government's national inequalities targets for life expectancy and infant mortality, by highlighting information relevant to addressing the targets and assisting local areas with monitoring progress towards reducing health inequalities. It is envisaged that local areas will choose which indicators to use and monitor over time based on locally agreed priorities. The most appropriate indicators for tracking local action should be chosen. The indicators in the basket are not mandatory, and local areas will wish to supplement indicators selected from the basket with additional locally available and relevant indicators, including those published in other indicators sets.

The LHO is undergoing a review of the indicators included in the local basket and integration with health profile indicators forms part of this review.

The reports below outline the content and the purpose of the local basket of health inequalities indicators.

Date	Title	Format	View
25 Jul 2008	Local basket of indicators information briefing
11 Aug 2006	What is the Local Basket of Indicators?
25 Nov 2003	Local basket of health inequalities indicators: executive summary
25 Nov 2003	Local basket of health inequalities indicators: explanatory note
25 Nov 2003	Local basket of health inequalities indicators: Full report
25 Nov 2003	Local basket of inequalities indicators: Appendix B: Local indicators
25 Nov 2003	Local basket of inequalities indicators: Appendix E: Indicators for development

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Date	Title	Format	View
28 May 2010	Mortality from all cancer by deprivation quintile, directly age standardised rate for persons under 75 years. Data
28 May 2010	Mortality from all cancer by local deprivation quintiles, person under 75s, 2004-08 Slope Index of Inequality (SII)
28 May 2010	Mortality from all cancers (directly age standardised rate per 100,000 population, persons under 75 years) by local deprivation quintile. Metadata
28 May 2010	Mortality from all circulatory diseases by deprivation quintile, directly age standardised rate for persons under 75 years. Data
28 May 2010	Mortality from circulatory disease, based on local deprivation quintiles, person under 75s, 2004-08 Slope Index of Inequality (SII)
28 May 2010	Mortality from circulatory diseases (directly age standardised rate per 100,000 population, persons under 75 years) by local deprivation quintile. Metadata
28 May 2010	Mortality from lung cancer by deprivation quintile, directly age standardised rate for persons under 75 years. Data
28 May 2010	Mortality from lung cancer by local deprivation quintiles, person under 75s, 2004-08, Slope Index of Inequality (SII)
28 May 2010	Mortality from lung cancers (directly age standardised rate per 100,000 population, persons under 75 years) by local deprivation quintile. Metadata

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