"Poorer health generally reduces the possibility of better life outcomes and opportunities. It can restrict employment prospects, reduce earnings and bring additional living costs associated with long-term illness and disability that must somehow be met. In turn, this can lead to living in deprivation, low income and poverty." — JRF poverty report 2023.

This is the Health spotlight page for Middlesbrough.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Middlesbrough.

Students eligible for free school meals in state-funded schools

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals at different tyes of state-funded schools in Middlesbrough.

Dataset

School pupil characteristics

No data available at this level.

Personal wellbeing - happiness

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?" in Middlesbrough.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 13.57Poor 2012-13: 13.37Poor 2013-14: 12.18Poor 2014-15: 11.94Poor 2015-16: 9.63Poor 2016-17: 8.74Poor 2017-18: 11.11Poor 2018-19: 10.29Poor 2019-20: 12.34Poor 2020-21: 9.33Poor 2021-22: 8.3Fair 2011-12: 16.25Fair 2012-13: 16.22Fair 2013-14: 17.63Fair 2014-15: 16.75Fair 2015-16: 15.52Fair 2016-17: 15.56Fair 2017-18: 16.96Fair 2018-19: 15.11Fair 2019-20: 20.6Fair 2020-21: 21.98Fair 2021-22: 18.12Good 2011-12: 38.98Good 2012-13: 37.7Good 2013-14: 38.07Good 2014-15: 38.13Good 2015-16: 40.36Good 2016-17: 41.78Good 2017-18: 37.7Good 2018-19: 41.56Good 2019-20: 33.06Good 2020-21: 38.75Good 2021-22: 41.24Very good 2011-12: 31.2Very good 2012-13: 32.71Very good 2013-14: 32.12Very good 2014-15: 33.18Very good 2015-16: 34.49Very good 2016-17: 33.92Very good 2017-18: 34.23Very good 2018-19: 33.04Very good 2019-20: 34Very good 2020-21: 29.94Very good 2021-22: 32.34

Personal wellbeing - worthwhile

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "Overall, to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile?" in Middlesbrough.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.72Poor 2012-13: 5.4Poor 2013-14: 6.6Poor 2014-15: 4.28Poor 2015-16: 3.25Poor 2016-17: 4.98Poor 2017-18: 4.65Poor 2018-19: 3.03Poor 2019-20: 6.06Poor 2020-21: 5.26Poor 2021-22: 4.91Fair 2011-12: 14.9Fair 2012-13: 14.93Fair 2013-14: 13.86Fair 2014-15: 15.36Fair 2015-16: 13.51Fair 2016-17: 14.55Fair 2017-18: 12.55Fair 2018-19: 13.83Fair 2019-20: 14.2Fair 2020-21: 16.35Fair 2021-22: 14.41Good 2011-12: 45.22Good 2012-13: 46.64Good 2013-14: 47.54Good 2014-15: 47.96Good 2015-16: 48.24Good 2016-17: 49.68Good 2017-18: 45.17Good 2018-19: 44.88Good 2019-20: 42.16Good 2020-21: 47.84Good 2021-22: 50.58Very good 2011-12: 33.16Very good 2012-13: 33.03Very good 2013-14: 31.99Very good 2014-15: 32.39Very good 2015-16: 34.99Very good 2016-17: 30.79Very good 2017-18: 37.63Very good 2018-19: 38.27Very good 2019-20: 37.58Very good 2020-21: 30.56Very good 2021-22: 30.11

Personal wellbeing - life-satisfaction

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "On a scale where 0 is “not at all anxious” and 10 is “completely anxious”, overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?" in Middlesbrough.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 7.37Poor 2012-13: 7.11Poor 2013-14: 7.18Poor 2014-15: 5.95Poor 2015-16: 4.92Poor 2016-17: 4.03Poor 2017-18: 4.65Poor 2018-19: 6.7Poor 2019-20: 7.55Poor 2020-21: 7.43Poor 2021-22: 4.76Fair 2011-12: 16.79Fair 2012-13: 19.44Fair 2013-14: 17.31Fair 2014-15: 17.96Fair 2015-16: 13.55Fair 2016-17: 15.45Fair 2017-18: 15.83Fair 2018-19: 14.28Fair 2019-20: 16.78Fair 2020-21: 21.08Fair 2021-22: 18.63Good 2011-12: 48.1Good 2012-13: 45.45Good 2013-14: 48.73Good 2014-15: 46.97Good 2015-16: 51.93Good 2016-17: 52.86Good 2017-18: 48.51Good 2018-19: 48.43Good 2019-20: 47.71Good 2020-21: 49.65Good 2021-22: 52.15Very good 2011-12: 27.75Very good 2012-13: 28Very good 2013-14: 26.79Very good 2014-15: 29.12Very good 2015-16: 29.59Very good 2016-17: 27.65Very good 2017-18: 31.01Very good 2018-19: 30.58Very good 2019-20: 27.96Very good 2020-21: 21.84Very good 2021-22: 24.47

Personal wellbeing - anxiety

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?" in Middlesbrough.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 28.98Poor 2012-13: 23.34Poor 2013-14: 23.69Poor 2014-15: 22.03Poor 2015-16: 20.39Poor 2016-17: 21.2Poor 2017-18: 20.95Poor 2018-19: 19.33Poor 2019-20: 19.93Poor 2020-21: 21.87Poor 2021-22: 23.32Fair 2011-12: 16.77Fair 2012-13: 14.6Fair 2013-14: 18.2Fair 2014-15: 16.87Fair 2015-16: 16.32Fair 2016-17: 14.01Fair 2017-18: 17.32Fair 2018-19: 13.57Fair 2019-20: 15.73Fair 2020-21: 18.86Fair 2021-22: 14.43Good 2011-12: 19.42Good 2012-13: 19.56Good 2013-14: 18.27Good 2014-15: 18.35Good 2015-16: 19.86Good 2016-17: 23.32Good 2017-18: 20.43Good 2018-19: 22.17Good 2019-20: 19.32Good 2020-21: 20.34Good 2021-22: 23.2Very good 2011-12: 34.84Very good 2012-13: 42.49Very good 2013-14: 39.84Very good 2014-15: 42.75Very good 2015-16: 43.44Very good 2016-17: 41.47Very good 2017-18: 41.3Very good 2018-19: 44.93Very good 2019-20: 45.02Very good 2020-21: 38.92Very good 2021-22: 39.05