There are exceptions, but London is generally healthier compared to some provincial PCTs especially in areas of England that are deprived. Take depression: higher prevalences are found in Sunderland, Blackpool, Gateshead and South Tyneside. North Somerset also features a high prevalence. Least depression is in Redbridge, Richmond & Twickenham, Brent, Havering, and Barking & Dagenham. Hull PCT has also a low prevalence.

HEALTHCAREmaps - to profile the nation

Mapping the distribution of medical conditions in GP-registered patients shows the huge variations between regions of England.
Coronary heart disease is twice as prevalent in Sunderland PCT than in Oxfordshire, Ealing and Bristol PCTs; and over three times more prevalent than in Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth PCTs in London.
Asthma is twice as prevalent in the Halton & St Helens PCT and Torbay than in the Kensington and Chelsea PCT and Westminster PCT.
Depression is registered as four times more prevalent in Sunderland than in Barking & Dagenham and Havering PCTs.

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