Injury surveillance in children--usefulness of a centralised database of accident and emergency attendances.

Objective: To assess the usefulness of a centralised injury database in monitoring progress towards nationally set health targets for the reduction of childhood injuries.

Setting: West Glamorgan County, Wales.

Methods: Analysis was undertaken of data held in the West Glamorgan injury database which amalgamates population data with data from the three hospital units covering a population of 370,000.

Incidence of leukaemia and lymphoma in young people in the vicinity of the petrochemical plant at Baglan Bay, South Wales, 1974 to 1991.

Objective: To determine whether there was an increased incidence of leukaemias and lymphomas in young people aged less than 25 years in the locality of a petrochemical plant at Baglan Bay, South Wales.

Methods: Geographical population based study to compare the observed and expected incidence of leukaemia and lymphoma with onset before the age of 25, in the years 1974 to 1991. The population was aged 0-24 years and lived within 1.

Measuring health status with the SF-36: the need for regional norms.

Background: Normative data on SF-36 scores in populations from Oxford and Aberdeen have recently been published. It has been suggested that such data provide suitable normative values for the UK population. However, other indices of health vary considerably across regions, and tend to be worse in areas such as South Wales.

Comparative health status of patients with 11 common illnesses in Wales.

Objective: To assess the health status of patients with 11 common illnesses--asthma, diabetes, arthritis, back pain, sciatica, hypertension, angina, anxiety, depression, and heart attack and stroke.

Design: Face to face interview using a structured questionnaire which contained the Short Form 36 questionnaire (SF-36) and questions on lifestyle, health service utilisation, and self reported conditions treated by physicians.

Setting: Patients' homes, in West Glamorgan, Wales.