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The table below gives a summary of assessments for the sustainable community indicators supporting the UK Government Sustainable Development Strategy. Clicking on the indicator name leads to a page with a chart/charts, assessments of progress and commentary. A smaller thumbnail chart links to a larger version in those cases where longer term trend information is available.

Indicator		Change since:
		1990	1999
Society
37. Active community participation:*
38. Crime:*	Vehicles
	Burglary
	Robbery
39. Fear of crime:
Employment and poverty
40. Employment:*
41. Workless households:*
42. Economically inactive:
43. Childhood poverty:*
44. Young adults:
45. Pensioner poverty:*
46. Pension provision:
Education
47. Education:*
48. Sustainable development education:
Health
49. Health inequality:*	Infant mortality
	Life expectancy
50. Healthy life expectancy:
51. Mortality rates:
52. Smoking:
53. Childhood obesity:
54. Diet:
Mobility and access
55. Mobility:*	Walking/cycling
	Public transport
56. Getting to school:
57. Accessibility:
58. Road accidents:
Housing
25. Land recycling:
26. Dwelling density:
62. Housing conditions:
63. Households living in fuel poverty:
64. Homelessness:	Rough sleepers
	Homeless households
Social justice and environmental equality
59. Social Justice
60. Environmental equality
61. Air quality and health:	PM10 concentrations
	Urban ozone concentrations
	Rural ozone concentrations
65. Local environment quality:
66. Satisfaction in local area:	Overall households satisfied
	Neighbourhood Renewal Fund areas satisfied
67. UK international assistance
68. Wellbeing*
Contextual
32. Economic output
33. Productivity
34. Investment	Total investment
	Social investment
35. Demography		contextual	contextual
36. Households and dwellings		contextual	contextual

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