Step by step guide to use the 2015 version of the AgeUK Local Statistics Tool.

1. Local
Statistics Tool
2015 User Guide
Miguel Sumera
AgeUK Research and Partnership Affairs
partnership@ageuk.org.uk

2. Why use local data?
• To deepen your understanding of older people and their needs in
your area
• To understand the key drivers for funders and commissioners
• To complement and support your qualitative expert knowledge
• To support the identification of local priorities and hot spots
• To ensure your services are targeted where they are most needed
• To develop a dynamic planning process
• To help you to measure impact

3. Benefits of using the tool
I presented the stats tool to staff to
demonstrate the level of intelligence that
can be called upon from Age UK. This is
increasingly important as we move in to a
more clinical world of commissioning and
have to demonstrate the worth of our
services in more quantitative ways.
Alison Waters, Age UK, London & South
I just had the link for the Local
Statistics tool forwarded to me and
had to comment on what a useful and
well-constructed spreadsheet it is. To
be able to access so much London
borough information with just a
couple of clicks is very valuable
indeed.
Ben Donovan, Age UK, London
As a community fundraiser I can tell you I have found this and the
previous versions priceless and am always referring to it for various
event’s, letters and pitches.
Only this Tuesday myself and our Home Services Manager gave a pitch
to our local Sainsbury’s as we had been shortlisted for their charity
of the year and used numerous facts taken from this tool.
Lawrie Mallyon, AgeUK Horsham

4. Key features of the tool
• Data for all 365 Local/Unitary authorities, regions +
Home Nations
Local areas
• Broad range of topics from population to service use and
lifestyle
Topic range
• Select an area for a profile comparing this to your
regional and national average
Local Area Profiles
• Choose up to 8 areas for a profile comparing data
Area Comparison
• Reliable estimates from official statistics
Data quality
• instantly see how your area compares to the national
picture
Maps
• user friendly access to data on ageing
Simplicity

5. Statistics Tool Themes
• Population
• Ethnicity
• Living Arrangements
• Life Expectancy
• Health / Health Services
• Social Care & Carers
• Mortality & End of Life
• Pensions, Poverty and Exclusion
• Employment and Lifestyle

6. Accessing the spreadsheet
The most up-to-date version is on the
LOOP
Updates are announced in the weekly
Signpost bulletin
To access the tool, click on:
Home
Evidence & Policy
Facts & Figures
Local & national
statistics

7. Accessing the Guide
The guide for descriptions on the
indicators displayed in the Local
Statistics Tool can be found here
also.
To access the guide, click on:
Home
Evidence & Policy
Facts & Figures
Local & national
statistics

8. Enable Macros
To use the tool you must
have Macros enabled in
Excel
If you do not have this bar visible, you can enable macros with the
following:
Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Excel Options.
Click Trust Center, click Trust Center Settings, and then click
Macro Settings.
Click the options that you want: Disable all macros without
notification Click this option if you don't trust macros.

9. Maximising the screen
1. Click the
‘maximise’ button
2. Click the left hand
arrow to all
worksheets are
visible
2. Click the arrows to
see the other tabs.
1. Click the ‘maximise’
button

10. Use the Index worksheet to navigate
to where you want to go
• The spreadsheet
contains 7
worksheets
• Click on the ‘Index’
worksheet for an
explanation of each
worksheet

11. Finding the Indicator you need
Click on the worksheet ‘List of
Indicators’
Scroll down through the list in
Column B to find the item of
interest
Click on the link to go to that item
in the ‘Data’ worksheet
Browse other columns in this
worksheet provide more
information about each indicatorc
2. Click on a link to go
desired indicator
1. Click on the ‘List of
Indicators’ worksheet

12. Using the ‘Data’ worksheet
The ‘Data’ worksheet lists areas in
rows and indicators in columns
National and English regional totals
are listed first, followed by
 local authorities
 social care responsibility areas
that are county councils
 Wales, Scotland and Northern
Ireland local authorities/districts
To find your area either scroll
down through the list
Or use the ‘search’ function

13. To search for a local area
• Click at the top of column
D to highlight the column
• Click on ‘find and select’
• Type in part of the area
name
• Click ‘find next’ if a
different area comes up at
first
• Highlight the row for that
area to read across for all
the indicators
1. Click to highlight
Column D
2. Click ‘Find and Select’
and type in area name

14. Using Social Care data
• About half of the areas
responsible for providing
social care are local/unitary
authorities, and half are
county councils
• Social care data is stored in
the relevant row
• Data for the county
councils can be found by
scrolling down below the
local authorities

15. Local Area Profiles
• This tool provides an overview
of statistics on older people in
your area and compares this to
the regional and national
average
• Simply select an area from the
drop-down list and the profile is
created automatically
• You can print or save the profile
as a .pdf by clicking the buttons
(Please ensure that macros
have been enabled)
Select chose authority from
drop-down menu

16. • This tool allows you to
compare similar data to the
local profile for up to 8 areas
• You select the areas in the
same way from the drop-
down menu
• There are buttons to save a
pdf and print the profiles
Area comparison profiles

17. Heat maps
If you would like a heat
map of any of the
Local Statistics Tool
indicators, please
send your request
to:
partnership@ageuk.org.uk

18. Feedback
There are currently over 50,000 data items in the spreadsheet. We have done
some intensive checking but there may still be errors. Please let us know if
something looks odd
We need your feedback
Comments on the content and design feed into our future planning
Details of how you have used the tool (especially income generation) to
help make the case to continue this work
Requests for future items
Send your feedback to partnership@ageuk.org.uk or contact
miguel.sumera@ageuk.org.uk / tel: 020 303 31575