"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 Blackburn with Darwen.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Blackburn with Darwen.

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 Blackburn with Darwen.

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 Blackburn with Darwen.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 13.7Poor 2012-13: 12.6Poor 2013-14: 12.28Poor 2014-15: 10.17Poor 2015-16: 9.89Poor 2016-17: 9.87Poor 2017-18: 8.99Poor 2018-19: 7.89Poor 2019-20: 7.02Poor 2020-21: 7.29Poor 2021-22: 10.5Fair 2011-12: 18.37Fair 2012-13: 18.59Fair 2013-14: 16.46Fair 2014-15: 19.47Fair 2015-16: 16.4Fair 2016-17: 16.25Fair 2017-18: 12.59Fair 2018-19: 15.34Fair 2019-20: 15.91Fair 2020-21: 19.81Fair 2021-22: 15.83Good 2011-12: 38.62Good 2012-13: 38.66Good 2013-14: 39.02Good 2014-15: 34.19Good 2015-16: 38.97Good 2016-17: 37.25Good 2017-18: 38.37Good 2018-19: 38.2Good 2019-20: 38.67Good 2020-21: 38.5Good 2021-22: 41.18Very good 2011-12: 29.31Very good 2012-13: 30.14Very good 2013-14: 32.24Very good 2014-15: 36.17Very good 2015-16: 34.74Very good 2016-17: 36.63Very good 2017-18: 40.05Very good 2018-19: 38.56Very good 2019-20: 38.4Very good 2020-21: 34.4Very good 2021-22: 32.48

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 Blackburn with Darwen.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.72Poor 2012-13: 5.63Poor 2013-14: 5.51Poor 2014-15: 4.22Poor 2015-16: 4.65Poor 2016-17: 4.95Poor 2017-18: 4.4Poor 2018-19: 4.43Poor 2019-20: 3.94Poor 2020-21: 4.66Poor 2021-22: 4.79Fair 2011-12: 17.17Fair 2012-13: 18.15Fair 2013-14: 14.12Fair 2014-15: 13.62Fair 2015-16: 13.29Fair 2016-17: 12.96Fair 2017-18: 11.8Fair 2018-19: 13.15Fair 2019-20: 12.67Fair 2020-21: 14.79Fair 2021-22: 15.29Good 2011-12: 47.81Good 2012-13: 47.48Good 2013-14: 48.91Good 2014-15: 45.62Good 2015-16: 44.93Good 2016-17: 46.72Good 2017-18: 46.27Good 2018-19: 41.35Good 2019-20: 41.79Good 2020-21: 50.33Good 2021-22: 44.07Very good 2011-12: 28.3Very good 2012-13: 28.75Very good 2013-14: 31.46Very good 2014-15: 36.54Very good 2015-16: 37.14Very good 2016-17: 35.37Very good 2017-18: 37.52Very good 2018-19: 41.08Very good 2019-20: 41.6Very good 2020-21: 30.22Very good 2021-22: 35.86

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 Blackburn with Darwen.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 8.1Poor 2012-13: 7.75Poor 2013-14: 9.41Poor 2014-15: 5.89Poor 2015-16: 5.3Poor 2016-17: 6.36Poor 2017-18: 4.41Poor 2018-19: 4.6Poor 2019-20: 4.52Poor 2020-21: 5.36Poor 2021-22: 5.8Fair 2011-12: 21.01Fair 2012-13: 21.88Fair 2013-14: 17.09Fair 2014-15: 16.43Fair 2015-16: 17.17Fair 2016-17: 16.22Fair 2017-18: 13.59Fair 2018-19: 15.6Fair 2019-20: 13.81Fair 2020-21: 21.78Fair 2021-22: 18.05Good 2011-12: 48.8Good 2012-13: 44.63Good 2013-14: 47.29Good 2014-15: 47.93Good 2015-16: 46.85Good 2016-17: 47.91Good 2017-18: 46.91Good 2018-19: 43.7Good 2019-20: 45.66Good 2020-21: 44.91Good 2021-22: 51.81Very good 2011-12: 22.08Very good 2012-13: 25.74Very good 2013-14: 26.21Very good 2014-15: 29.75Very good 2015-16: 30.68Very good 2016-17: 29.51Very good 2017-18: 35.09Very good 2018-19: 36.11Very good 2019-20: 36.01Very good 2020-21: 27.95Very good 2021-22: 24.34

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 Blackburn with Darwen.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 23.3Poor 2012-13: 20.5Poor 2013-14: 23.39Poor 2014-15: 24.03Poor 2015-16: 23.15Poor 2016-17: 21.49Poor 2017-18: 17.97Poor 2018-19: 18.09Poor 2019-20: 23.29Poor 2020-21: 27.5Poor 2021-22: 23.63Fair 2011-12: 18.35Fair 2012-13: 18.29Fair 2013-14: 18.3Fair 2014-15: 16.78Fair 2015-16: 16.4Fair 2016-17: 16.92Fair 2017-18: 16.79Fair 2018-19: 13.35Fair 2019-20: 15.65Fair 2020-21: 16.97Fair 2021-22: 17.28Good 2011-12: 24.56Good 2012-13: 25.09Good 2013-14: 22.11Good 2014-15: 19.28Good 2015-16: 18.73Good 2016-17: 20.83Good 2017-18: 20.67Good 2018-19: 18.67Good 2019-20: 16.96Good 2020-21: 21.19Good 2021-22: 23.45Very good 2011-12: 33.79Very good 2012-13: 36.12Very good 2013-14: 36.2Very good 2014-15: 39.91Very good 2015-16: 41.73Very good 2016-17: 40.75Very good 2017-18: 44.58Very good 2018-19: 49.88Very good 2019-20: 44.1Very good 2020-21: 34.34Very good 2021-22: 35.64