Populations

Lead analyst: Doris Hain

The number of people and their age are the most important determinants of health need and utilisation. It is important to understand the size and age distribution of the population in determining current service delivery and to understand population change for planning future services.

ONS is the standard source for official population statistics and their population estimates and projections can now easily be found and downloaded from the reorganised ONS website. For the convenience of some of our users, who preferred to obtain these files from erpho and not directly from ONS, we keep the links to pre-2010 data alive. However, we do not intend to continue this practice and would like to refer you to ONS for standard geography populations from 2010 onwards.

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Latest changes

For the latest official population sources, including population estimates and projections,
please visit the ONS website

• PCO populations 2010 - GP registered (ADS 2011)
• Maternity catchment populations for East of England Trusts
• Acute hospital catchment populations 2009
• Acute trust catchment maps 2011

Previous years' population estimates

Population estimates by administrative geography units

• East of England ward population estimates by census agebands (2001 Census)
• ONS 2008 Mid-year population estimates - quinary by Local Authority (LA)
• ONS 2008 mid-year population estimates - single year by LA
• ONS 2009 Mid-year population estimates - quinary by Local Authority (LA)
• ONS 2007 mid-year population estimates - quinary by Local Authorities
• ONS 2007 mid-year population estimates - single year by LA
• Population data for marginalised groups in the East of England
• 2002 - 2007 England, GOR and LA populations by ethnicity - persons
• 2002 - 2007 England, GOR and LAD ethnic group estimates expressed as a percentage
• 2002 - 2007 England, GOR and LAD populations by ethnicity - females
• 2002 - 2007 England, GOR, LAD populations by ethnicity - males
• Notes on ONS single year estimates
• Terms and Conditions of Use for ONS single year estimates
• ONS 2006 mid-year population estimate - single year by LA
• ONS 2006 mid-year population estimates - quinary by LA
• ONS 2005 mid-year population estimate - single year by LA
• ONS 2005 mid-year population estimates - quinary by LA
• ONS 2004 mid-year population estimate - single year by LA
• ONS 2004 mid-year population estimates - quinary by LA
• ONS 2003 mid-year population estimate - single year by LA
• ONS 2003 mid-year population estimates - quinary by LA
• ONS 2002 mid-year population estimate - single year by LA
• ONS 2002 mid-year population estimates - quinary by LA

Health area population estimates

• PCO 2008 populations - resident - interim dataset
• PCO 2008 population - resident, quinary agebands (experimental)
• ONS 2008 mid year population estimates by SHA - quinary agebands
• Maternity catchment populations for East of England Trusts
• PCO 2007 populations - resident
• PCO 2007 populations - ethnic experimental population estimates broad ageband
• PCO 2006 populations - resident, quinary agebands, provisional, released 23.10.07 with correction
• PCO 2005 populations - resident, quinary agebands, revised 23.10.07
• PCO 2004 populations - resident, quinary agebands, revised 23.10.07
• PCO 2003 populations - resident, quinary agebands, revised 23.10.07
• PCO 2002 populations - resident, quinary agebands, revised 23.10.07
• PCO populations 2010 - GP registered (ADS 2011)
• PCO populations 2006 - GP registered (ADS 2007)
• PCO populations 2005 - GP registered (ADS 2006)

• INpho 9: Sources of population data - which population should I use?
• ONS Population Trends Report: 2006-based national population projections: underlying long term assumptions

• Government Actuary's Department
• Population projection tool (projects region, SHA, LA, PCTs populations based on ONS projections)
• Office for National Statistics
• The Information Centre for Health and Social Care