Life stages: Children and young people
Introduction
Children and young people covers the period from birth to the completion of school education (approximately 0-18).
The Child Health Profile presents the relative position of childrens' health indicators for Wandsworth's children compared with England.
The Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our strategy for public health in England states that by improving maternal health, we could give our children a better start in life, reduce infant mortality as well as the numbers of low birth weight babies. By taking better care of our children's health and development the risks of mental illness can be reduced along with unhealthy lifestyles, road deaths and hospital admissions due to tooth decay.
