"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 Darlington.

Key indicators

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

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 Darlington.

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 Darlington.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 11.66Poor 2012-13: 11.43Poor 2013-14: 9.93Poor 2014-15: 9.29Poor 2015-16: 8.82Poor 2016-17: 8.97Poor 2017-18: 8.72Poor 2018-19: 8.59Poor 2019-20: 8.69Poor 2020-21: 10.33Poor 2021-22: 9.36Fair 2011-12: 15.46Fair 2012-13: 17.01Fair 2013-14: 17.1Fair 2014-15: 15.57Fair 2015-16: 15.78Fair 2016-17: 16.5Fair 2017-18: 16.83Fair 2018-19: 14.03Fair 2019-20: 14.82Fair 2020-21: 19.92Fair 2021-22: 18.23Good 2011-12: 37.53Good 2012-13: 41.48Good 2013-14: 38.48Good 2014-15: 39.42Good 2015-16: 39.27Good 2016-17: 37.42Good 2017-18: 37.92Good 2018-19: 40.37Good 2019-20: 39.47Good 2020-21: 45.44Good 2021-22: 42.1Very good 2011-12: 35.35Very good 2012-13: 30.09Very good 2013-14: 34.49Very good 2014-15: 35.72Very good 2015-16: 36.14Very good 2016-17: 37.11Very good 2017-18: 36.52Very good 2018-19: 37Very good 2019-20: 37.03Very good 2020-21: 24.31Very good 2021-22: 30.3

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 Darlington.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.42Poor 2012-13: 5.24Poor 2013-14: 3.4Poor 2014-15: 4.81Poor 2015-16: 4.57Poor 2016-17: 4.67Poor 2017-18: 3.86Poor 2018-19: 4.98Poor 2019-20: 3.47Poor 2020-21: 5.56Poor 2021-22: 6Fair 2011-12: 15.71Fair 2012-13: 16.18Fair 2013-14: 13.11Fair 2014-15: 12.51Fair 2015-16: 10.86Fair 2016-17: 14.77Fair 2017-18: 13.14Fair 2018-19: 10.03Fair 2019-20: 11.19Fair 2020-21: 14.76Fair 2021-22: 9.68Good 2011-12: 46.11Good 2012-13: 45.56Good 2013-14: 49.89Good 2014-15: 49.3Good 2015-16: 47.59Good 2016-17: 45.01Good 2017-18: 44.61Good 2018-19: 46.34Good 2019-20: 50.1Good 2020-21: 51.41Good 2021-22: 51.25Very good 2011-12: 32.76Very good 2012-13: 33.02Very good 2013-14: 33.61Very good 2014-15: 33.38Very good 2015-16: 36.98Very good 2016-17: 35.55Very good 2017-18: 38.38Very good 2018-19: 38.66Very good 2019-20: 35.24Very good 2020-21: 28.27Very good 2021-22: 33.07

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 Darlington.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.12Poor 2012-13: 6.51Poor 2013-14: 5.39Poor 2014-15: 4.28Poor 2015-16: 5.62Poor 2016-17: 6.04Poor 2017-18: 4.59Poor 2018-19: 4.75Poor 2019-20: 4.58Poor 2020-21: 5.9Poor 2021-22: 8.03Fair 2011-12: 20.01Fair 2012-13: 15.8Fair 2013-14: 14.41Fair 2014-15: 15.03Fair 2015-16: 14.42Fair 2016-17: 14.51Fair 2017-18: 12.93Fair 2018-19: 14.18Fair 2019-20: 12.81Fair 2020-21: 19.08Fair 2021-22: 16.19Good 2011-12: 44.19Good 2012-13: 49.4Good 2013-14: 53.78Good 2014-15: 50.5Good 2015-16: 48.51Good 2016-17: 48.72Good 2017-18: 51.56Good 2018-19: 49.2Good 2019-20: 54.08Good 2020-21: 52.34Good 2021-22: 52.27Very good 2011-12: 29.68Very good 2012-13: 28.3Very good 2013-14: 26.42Very good 2014-15: 30.19Very good 2015-16: 31.45Very good 2016-17: 30.73Very good 2017-18: 30.91Very good 2018-19: 31.88Very good 2019-20: 28.53Very good 2020-21: 22.68Very good 2021-22: 23.51

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 Darlington.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 20.57Poor 2012-13: 19.13Poor 2013-14: 20.98Poor 2014-15: 20.47Poor 2015-16: 20.67Poor 2016-17: 20.09Poor 2017-18: 18.38Poor 2018-19: 22.02Poor 2019-20: 25.43Poor 2020-21: 30.89Poor 2021-22: 24.73Fair 2011-12: 16.58Fair 2012-13: 17.13Fair 2013-14: 14.89Fair 2014-15: 16.26Fair 2015-16: 15.34Fair 2016-17: 12.79Fair 2017-18: 15.14Fair 2018-19: 17.69Fair 2019-20: 14.95Fair 2020-21: 17.61Fair 2021-22: 19.56Good 2011-12: 20.13Good 2012-13: 21.76Good 2013-14: 19.85Good 2014-15: 22.78Good 2015-16: 20.04Good 2016-17: 25.19Good 2017-18: 25.98Good 2018-19: 18.72Good 2019-20: 18.78Good 2020-21: 18.82Good 2021-22: 23.17Very good 2011-12: 42.72Very good 2012-13: 41.97Very good 2013-14: 44.27Very good 2014-15: 40.48Very good 2015-16: 43.94Very good 2016-17: 41.93Very good 2017-18: 40.49Very good 2018-19: 41.58Very good 2019-20: 40.84Very good 2020-21: 32.69Very good 2021-22: 32.55