"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 York.

Key indicators

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

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 York.

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 York.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 10.22Poor 2012-13: 7.72Poor 2013-14: 10.5Poor 2014-15: 10.23Poor 2015-16: 6.75Poor 2016-17: 8.33Poor 2017-18: 9.5Poor 2018-19: 11.25Poor 2019-20: 9.33Poor 2020-21: 8.86Poor 2021-22: 10.8Fair 2011-12: 17.18Fair 2012-13: 20.34Fair 2013-14: 16.18Fair 2014-15: 17.43Fair 2015-16: 16.26Fair 2016-17: 13.48Fair 2017-18: 15.65Fair 2018-19: 17.37Fair 2019-20: 17.59Fair 2020-21: 18.12Fair 2021-22: 16.4Good 2011-12: 43.48Good 2012-13: 43.05Good 2013-14: 43.4Good 2014-15: 39.49Good 2015-16: 42.15Good 2016-17: 43.96Good 2017-18: 43.4Good 2018-19: 37.09Good 2019-20: 35.97Good 2020-21: 43.62Good 2021-22: 42.94Very good 2011-12: 29.12Very good 2012-13: 28.89Very good 2013-14: 29.92Very good 2014-15: 32.85Very good 2015-16: 34.84Very good 2016-17: 34.24Very good 2017-18: 31.45Very good 2018-19: 34.29Very good 2019-20: 37.11Very good 2020-21: 29.41Very good 2021-22: 29.86

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 York.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 3.59Poor 2012-13: 3.57Poor 2013-14: 4.01Poor 2014-15: 3.21Poor 2015-16: 4.64Poor 2016-17: 4.13Poor 2017-18: 4.36Poor 2018-19: 5.02Poor 2019-20: 2.88Poor 2020-21: 5.18Poor 2021-22: 1.55Fair 2011-12: 13.89Fair 2012-13: 11.68Fair 2013-14: 15.64Fair 2014-15: 12.98Fair 2015-16: 10.18Fair 2016-17: 11.5Fair 2017-18: 11.64Fair 2018-19: 13.76Fair 2019-20: 11.87Fair 2020-21: 14.01Fair 2021-22: 14.63Good 2011-12: 52.44Good 2012-13: 54.33Good 2013-14: 51.78Good 2014-15: 50.93Good 2015-16: 51.5Good 2016-17: 50.48Good 2017-18: 53.66Good 2018-19: 46.54Good 2019-20: 49.76Good 2020-21: 52.46Good 2021-22: 52Very good 2011-12: 30.08Very good 2012-13: 30.42Very good 2013-14: 28.57Very good 2014-15: 32.88Very good 2015-16: 33.68Very good 2016-17: 33.88Very good 2017-18: 30.34Very good 2018-19: 34.69Very good 2019-20: 35.48Very good 2020-21: 28.35Very good 2021-22: 31.83

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 York.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 3.99Poor 2012-13: 4.05Poor 2013-14: 5.23Poor 2014-15: 4.55Poor 2015-16: 3.3Poor 2016-17: 3.37Poor 2017-18: 4.44Poor 2018-19: 3.85Poor 2019-20: 4.51Poor 2020-21: 7.14Poor 2021-22: 3.85Fair 2011-12: 13.03Fair 2012-13: 14.56Fair 2013-14: 13Fair 2014-15: 12.34Fair 2015-16: 10.83Fair 2016-17: 10.45Fair 2017-18: 10.46Fair 2018-19: 13.8Fair 2019-20: 10.32Fair 2020-21: 15.23Fair 2021-22: 12.78Good 2011-12: 58.04Good 2012-13: 54.05Good 2013-14: 54.63Good 2014-15: 55.16Good 2015-16: 52.57Good 2016-17: 57.23Good 2017-18: 57.32Good 2018-19: 53.77Good 2019-20: 56.22Good 2020-21: 55.42Good 2021-22: 56.56Very good 2011-12: 24.93Very good 2012-13: 27.34Very good 2013-14: 27.14Very good 2014-15: 27.95Very good 2015-16: 33.29Very good 2016-17: 28.95Very good 2017-18: 27.78Very good 2018-19: 28.58Very good 2019-20: 28.95Very good 2020-21: 22.21Very good 2021-22: 26.81

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 York.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 22.06Poor 2012-13: 21.43Poor 2013-14: 17.96Poor 2014-15: 23.57Poor 2015-16: 23.66Poor 2016-17: 22.02Poor 2017-18: 24.2Poor 2018-19: 20.9Poor 2019-20: 26Poor 2020-21: 27.01Poor 2021-22: 25.26Fair 2011-12: 17.35Fair 2012-13: 15.38Fair 2013-14: 18.13Fair 2014-15: 16.28Fair 2015-16: 16.88Fair 2016-17: 16.51Fair 2017-18: 14.03Fair 2018-19: 17.43Fair 2019-20: 16.06Fair 2020-21: 19.19Fair 2021-22: 17.4Good 2011-12: 26.77Good 2012-13: 25.29Good 2013-14: 25.85Good 2014-15: 22.27Good 2015-16: 23.66Good 2016-17: 22.81Good 2017-18: 26.93Good 2018-19: 21.73Good 2019-20: 20.18Good 2020-21: 24.17Good 2021-22: 26.43Very good 2011-12: 33.82Very good 2012-13: 37.89Very good 2013-14: 38.07Very good 2014-15: 37.87Very good 2015-16: 35.8Very good 2016-17: 38.66Very good 2017-18: 34.85Very good 2018-19: 39.94Very good 2019-20: 37.76Very good 2020-21: 29.63Very good 2021-22: 30.92