The Health Statistics quarterly brings together articles on a wide range of population and health topics and contains a regular series of tables on a wide range of subjects for which ONS is responsible including the most recently available statistics. This issue covers articles on sources, uses, strengths and limitations of data collected in primary care in England; Trends in MRSA in England and Wales: analysis of morbidity and mortality data for 1992-2002; Trends in mortality and hospital admissions associated with epilepsy in England and Wales during the 1990s; Patterns of General Practitioner consultation for mental illness by young people in rural areas, a cross-sectional study; Report: deaths related to drug poisoning: England and Wales, 1998-2002 and Annual updates: mortality statistics 2001: general, mortality statistics 2002: cause (England and Wales)

Health Statistics Quarterly contains commentary on the latest health findings, topical articles and regularly updated statistical graphs and tables. It also highlights trends in health, and details the latest quarterly information on deaths, childhood mortality, cancer survival, abortions, congenital anomalies and morbidity.