"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 Cheshire East.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Cheshire East.

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 Cheshire East.

Dataset

School pupil characteristics
Total
State-funded nursery
State-funded primary
State-funded secondary
State-funded special school
State-funded alternative provision school
Year2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/23Percentage of students eligible010203040506070Total 201516: 8.3Total 201617: 8.7Total 201718: 8.8Total 201819: 10.2Total 201920: 11.7Total 202021: 14.3Total 202122: 15.4Total 202223: 16.3State-funded nursery 201516: 0State-funded nursery 201617: 0State-funded nursery 201718: 0State-funded nursery 201819: 0State-funded nursery 201920: 0State-funded nursery 202021: 0State-funded nursery 202122: 0State-funded nursery 202223: 0State-funded primary 201516: 8.6State-funded primary 201617: 8.8State-funded primary 201718: 8.8State-funded primary 201819: 10.1State-funded primary 201920: 11.5State-funded primary 202021: 14.5State-funded primary 202122: 15.2State-funded primary 202223: 15.9State-funded secondary 201516: 7.5State-funded secondary 201617: 8.2State-funded secondary 201718: 8.4State-funded secondary 201819: 10.1State-funded secondary 201920: 11.6State-funded secondary 202021: 13.7State-funded secondary 202122: 15.1State-funded secondary 202223: 16.3State-funded special school 201516: 29.9State-funded special school 201617: 31.5State-funded special school 201718: 29.2State-funded special school 201819: 31.6State-funded special school 201920: 33State-funded special school 202021: 37State-funded special school 202122: 39.7State-funded special school 202223: 40State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 34.5State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 10State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 19.2State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 18.2State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 20State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 45.2State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 56.4State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 60.9

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 Cheshire East.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 6.81Poor 2012-13: 5.22Poor 2013-14: 8.53Poor 2014-15: 4.71Poor 2015-16: 7.42Poor 2016-17: 10.76Poor 2017-18: 6.76Poor 2018-19: 5.31Poor 2019-20: 8.9Poor 2020-21: 8.54Poor 2021-22: 10.25Fair 2011-12: 16.85Fair 2012-13: 15.28Fair 2013-14: 17.62Fair 2014-15: 13.58Fair 2015-16: 12.79Fair 2016-17: 15.04Fair 2017-18: 16.42Fair 2018-19: 19.47Fair 2019-20: 17.7Fair 2020-21: 16.35Fair 2021-22: 14.94Good 2011-12: 43.26Good 2012-13: 50.4Good 2013-14: 45.22Good 2014-15: 47.08Good 2015-16: 47.86Good 2016-17: 39.63Good 2017-18: 40.14Good 2018-19: 40.16Good 2019-20: 41.34Good 2020-21: 47.1Good 2021-22: 39.92Very good 2011-12: 33.07Very good 2012-13: 29.1Very good 2013-14: 28.63Very good 2014-15: 34.62Very good 2015-16: 31.93Very good 2016-17: 34.57Very good 2017-18: 36.68Very good 2018-19: 35.06Very good 2019-20: 32.06Very good 2020-21: 28.01Very good 2021-22: 34.89

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 Cheshire East.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 3.26Poor 2012-13: 2.84Poor 2013-14: 3.14Poor 2014-15: 2.01Poor 2015-16: 2.32Poor 2016-17: 3.77Poor 2017-18: 2.52Poor 2018-19: 3.06Poor 2019-20: 3.67Poor 2020-21: 4.84Poor 2021-22: 4.7Fair 2011-12: 13.11Fair 2012-13: 8.74Fair 2013-14: 11.26Fair 2014-15: 8.3Fair 2015-16: 9.41Fair 2016-17: 12.81Fair 2017-18: 9.1Fair 2018-19: 9.96Fair 2019-20: 11.42Fair 2020-21: 13.24Fair 2021-22: 12.76Good 2011-12: 52.11Good 2012-13: 57.78Good 2013-14: 54.6Good 2014-15: 53.13Good 2015-16: 48Good 2016-17: 47.15Good 2017-18: 46.79Good 2018-19: 48.32Good 2019-20: 50.04Good 2020-21: 49.01Good 2021-22: 46.69Very good 2011-12: 31.52Very good 2012-13: 30.64Very good 2013-14: 31Very good 2014-15: 36.56Very good 2015-16: 40.27Very good 2016-17: 36.27Very good 2017-18: 41.59Very good 2018-19: 38.66Very good 2019-20: 34.87Very good 2020-21: 32.91Very good 2021-22: 35.85

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 Cheshire East.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 3.83Poor 2012-13: 4.36Poor 2013-14: 4.8Poor 2014-15: 2.02Poor 2015-16: 2.87Poor 2016-17: 5.56Poor 2017-18: 3.03Poor 2018-19: 3.33Poor 2019-20: 3.74Poor 2020-21: 4.5Poor 2021-22: 4.51Fair 2011-12: 14.9Fair 2012-13: 13.75Fair 2013-14: 16.84Fair 2014-15: 11.23Fair 2015-16: 11.76Fair 2016-17: 14.16Fair 2017-18: 16.01Fair 2018-19: 12.19Fair 2019-20: 12.71Fair 2020-21: 15.4Fair 2021-22: 13.29Good 2011-12: 52.14Good 2012-13: 57.16Good 2013-14: 52.64Good 2014-15: 59.47Good 2015-16: 55.89Good 2016-17: 53.9Good 2017-18: 48.01Good 2018-19: 49.57Good 2019-20: 53.26Good 2020-21: 52.22Good 2021-22: 51.02Very good 2011-12: 29.13Very good 2012-13: 24.73Very good 2013-14: 25.71Very good 2014-15: 27.27Very good 2015-16: 29.48Very good 2016-17: 26.38Very good 2017-18: 32.95Very good 2018-19: 34.9Very good 2019-20: 30.3Very good 2020-21: 27.88Very good 2021-22: 31.18

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 Cheshire East.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 19.11Poor 2012-13: 14.66Poor 2013-14: 18.02Poor 2014-15: 15.35Poor 2015-16: 12.08Poor 2016-17: 16.79Poor 2017-18: 17.68Poor 2018-19: 15.9Poor 2019-20: 22.39Poor 2020-21: 25.39Poor 2021-22: 23.34Fair 2011-12: 17.23Fair 2012-13: 22.53Fair 2013-14: 17.21Fair 2014-15: 14.95Fair 2015-16: 16.55Fair 2016-17: 20.35Fair 2017-18: 13.71Fair 2018-19: 18.53Fair 2019-20: 17.58Fair 2020-21: 15.9Fair 2021-22: 18.08Good 2011-12: 30.18Good 2012-13: 28.27Good 2013-14: 28.33Good 2014-15: 28.86Good 2015-16: 27.31Good 2016-17: 28.76Good 2017-18: 24.27Good 2018-19: 21.95Good 2019-20: 23.54Good 2020-21: 21.35Good 2021-22: 21.74Very good 2011-12: 33.48Very good 2012-13: 34.55Very good 2013-14: 36.44Very good 2014-15: 40.84Very good 2015-16: 44.06Very good 2016-17: 34.1Very good 2017-18: 44.34Very good 2018-19: 43.62Very good 2019-20: 36.49Very good 2020-21: 37.35Very good 2021-22: 36.84