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The Director of Public Health Core Tables contain a range of demographic information such as home population figures and projections, births and fertility data, death rates, childhood immunisation rates, infectious diseases and populatio

Statistics

09 July 2025

Investing for Health is the cross-departmental public health strategy, published in 2002. It focuses on tackling the wide range of complex and inter-related factors that can impact on the health of the population. The strategy is based upon the recognition that the inequalities, which exist in health between rich and poor are widening and argues that the wider determinants of health can be addressed by integrated interventions and a coordinated approach between all sectors.

Over the last decade Belfast has experienced significant political, economic and social change. As a consequence, the population of greater Belfast has increased substantially over the past decade. This has been as a result of both natural change and net migration gain.

This report covers the following issues

  • legislation on immigration, work, health & social services and social security entitlements;
  • health issues;
  • migrant health priorities identified at the Stakeholder Workshop held in April 2010.