"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 County Durham.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of County Durham.

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 County Durham.

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 County Durham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 12.97Poor 2012-13: 14.79Poor 2013-14: 13.44Poor 2014-15: 10.46Poor 2015-16: 11.47Poor 2016-17: 6.88Poor 2017-18: 8.88Poor 2018-19: 9.52Poor 2019-20: 10.77Poor 2020-21: 8.8Poor 2021-22: 11.03Fair 2011-12: 21.22Fair 2012-13: 18.23Fair 2013-14: 19.09Fair 2014-15: 16.39Fair 2015-16: 18.91Fair 2016-17: 18.99Fair 2017-18: 16.78Fair 2018-19: 16Fair 2019-20: 19.27Fair 2020-21: 20.04Fair 2021-22: 16.86Good 2011-12: 34.54Good 2012-13: 35.61Good 2013-14: 36.41Good 2014-15: 38.37Good 2015-16: 36.42Good 2016-17: 39.4Good 2017-18: 36.9Good 2018-19: 35.32Good 2019-20: 36.58Good 2020-21: 38.99Good 2021-22: 38.22Very good 2011-12: 31.26Very good 2012-13: 31.36Very good 2013-14: 31.05Very good 2014-15: 34.78Very good 2015-16: 33.2Very good 2016-17: 34.72Very good 2017-18: 37.44Very good 2018-19: 39.16Very good 2019-20: 33.38Very good 2020-21: 32.17Very good 2021-22: 33.89

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 County Durham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.58Poor 2012-13: 5.87Poor 2013-14: 5.36Poor 2014-15: 4.41Poor 2015-16: 4.78Poor 2016-17: 3.61Poor 2017-18: 4.54Poor 2018-19: 3.42Poor 2019-20: 4.62Poor 2020-21: 5.46Poor 2021-22: 7.27Fair 2011-12: 15.23Fair 2012-13: 15.57Fair 2013-14: 14.34Fair 2014-15: 13.51Fair 2015-16: 13.66Fair 2016-17: 13.62Fair 2017-18: 11.24Fair 2018-19: 12.51Fair 2019-20: 12.89Fair 2020-21: 12.78Fair 2021-22: 12.12Good 2011-12: 46.85Good 2012-13: 47.41Good 2013-14: 45.81Good 2014-15: 48.24Good 2015-16: 45.77Good 2016-17: 45.17Good 2017-18: 42.48Good 2018-19: 40.1Good 2019-20: 46Good 2020-21: 46.24Good 2021-22: 47.84Very good 2011-12: 32.34Very good 2012-13: 31.15Very good 2013-14: 34.49Very good 2014-15: 33.84Very good 2015-16: 35.79Very good 2016-17: 37.6Very good 2017-18: 41.74Very good 2018-19: 43.97Very good 2019-20: 36.5Very good 2020-21: 35.52Very good 2021-22: 32.77

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 County Durham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.41Poor 2012-13: 8.42Poor 2013-14: 6.02Poor 2014-15: 4.84Poor 2015-16: 5.6Poor 2016-17: 4.24Poor 2017-18: 5.63Poor 2018-19: 3.75Poor 2019-20: 5.66Poor 2020-21: 7.15Poor 2021-22: 7.35Fair 2011-12: 19.23Fair 2012-13: 20.23Fair 2013-14: 17.29Fair 2014-15: 14.14Fair 2015-16: 13.76Fair 2016-17: 16.79Fair 2017-18: 12.29Fair 2018-19: 14.81Fair 2019-20: 14.51Fair 2020-21: 17.66Fair 2021-22: 15.15Good 2011-12: 43.58Good 2012-13: 44.67Good 2013-14: 47.67Good 2014-15: 48.7Good 2015-16: 51.27Good 2016-17: 48.21Good 2017-18: 45.92Good 2018-19: 45.14Good 2019-20: 51.39Good 2020-21: 47.01Good 2021-22: 49.57Very good 2011-12: 30.78Very good 2012-13: 26.68Very good 2013-14: 29.02Very good 2014-15: 32.32Very good 2015-16: 29.37Very good 2016-17: 30.76Very good 2017-18: 36.16Very good 2018-19: 36.3Very good 2019-20: 28.44Very good 2020-21: 28.18Very good 2021-22: 27.92

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 County Durham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 24.58Poor 2012-13: 25.49Poor 2013-14: 21.48Poor 2014-15: 23.12Poor 2015-16: 23.5Poor 2016-17: 18.07Poor 2017-18: 18.98Poor 2018-19: 20.49Poor 2019-20: 23.85Poor 2020-21: 21.83Poor 2021-22: 20.01Fair 2011-12: 18.38Fair 2012-13: 16.45Fair 2013-14: 17.47Fair 2014-15: 15Fair 2015-16: 15.71Fair 2016-17: 15.37Fair 2017-18: 16.24Fair 2018-19: 16.08Fair 2019-20: 17.79Fair 2020-21: 19.48Fair 2021-22: 17.27Good 2011-12: 18.51Good 2012-13: 18.22Good 2013-14: 20.71Good 2014-15: 19.27Good 2015-16: 27.24Good 2016-17: 21.65Good 2017-18: 22.49Good 2018-19: 20.08Good 2019-20: 20.4Good 2020-21: 17.85Good 2021-22: 22.14Very good 2011-12: 38.52Very good 2012-13: 39.85Very good 2013-14: 40.34Very good 2014-15: 42.61Very good 2015-16: 33.55Very good 2016-17: 44.91Very good 2017-18: 42.3Very good 2018-19: 43.35Very good 2019-20: 37.97Very good 2020-21: 40.84Very good 2021-22: 40.58