"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 Northumberland.

Key indicators

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

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 Northumberland.

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 Northumberland.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 8.97Poor 2012-13: 9.8Poor 2013-14: 10.1Poor 2014-15: 9.34Poor 2015-16: 7.27Poor 2016-17: 7.52Poor 2017-18: 7.54Poor 2018-19: 10.35Poor 2019-20: 8.73Poor 2020-21: 9.14Poor 2021-22: 8.86Fair 2011-12: 19.15Fair 2012-13: 14.31Fair 2013-14: 14.83Fair 2014-15: 15.47Fair 2015-16: 13.94Fair 2016-17: 15.62Fair 2017-18: 16.57Fair 2018-19: 14.08Fair 2019-20: 18.76Fair 2020-21: 18.8Fair 2021-22: 15.01Good 2011-12: 44.54Good 2012-13: 43.35Good 2013-14: 40.56Good 2014-15: 40.27Good 2015-16: 45.16Good 2016-17: 45.13Good 2017-18: 44.84Good 2018-19: 39.78Good 2019-20: 41.71Good 2020-21: 42.9Good 2021-22: 41.84Very good 2011-12: 27.34Very good 2012-13: 32.55Very good 2013-14: 34.51Very good 2014-15: 34.92Very good 2015-16: 33.63Very good 2016-17: 31.72Very good 2017-18: 31.06Very good 2018-19: 35.79Very good 2019-20: 30.8Very good 2020-21: 29.16Very good 2021-22: 34.28

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 Northumberland.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 2.47Poor 2012-13: 2.68Poor 2013-14: 3.33Poor 2014-15: 4.54Poor 2015-16: 3.01Poor 2016-17: 5.17Poor 2017-18: 3.35Poor 2018-19: 4.64Poor 2019-20: 6.4Poor 2020-21: 5.42Poor 2021-22: 3.98Fair 2011-12: 17Fair 2012-13: 11.94Fair 2013-14: 14.77Fair 2014-15: 13.01Fair 2015-16: 13.57Fair 2016-17: 13.07Fair 2017-18: 12.12Fair 2018-19: 10.82Fair 2019-20: 11.3Fair 2020-21: 13.11Fair 2021-22: 6.84Good 2011-12: 50.18Good 2012-13: 55.49Good 2013-14: 47.06Good 2014-15: 48.62Good 2015-16: 50.97Good 2016-17: 53.2Good 2017-18: 50.84Good 2018-19: 46.41Good 2019-20: 45.72Good 2020-21: 48.24Good 2021-22: 53.88Very good 2011-12: 30.36Very good 2012-13: 29.89Very good 2013-14: 34.85Very good 2014-15: 33.83Very good 2015-16: 32.46Very good 2016-17: 28.56Very good 2017-18: 33.7Very good 2018-19: 38.13Very good 2019-20: 36.58Very good 2020-21: 33.24Very good 2021-22: 35.29

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 Northumberland.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.47Poor 2012-13: 3.94Poor 2013-14: 6.27Poor 2014-15: 6.14Poor 2015-16: 2.77Poor 2016-17: 5.33Poor 2017-18: 3.79Poor 2018-19: 6.59Poor 2019-20: 6.36Poor 2020-21: 5.99Poor 2021-22: 5.14Fair 2011-12: 16.62Fair 2012-13: 17.3Fair 2013-14: 14.4Fair 2014-15: 11.51Fair 2015-16: 13.16Fair 2016-17: 14.15Fair 2017-18: 12.15Fair 2018-19: 11.87Fair 2019-20: 13.44Fair 2020-21: 15.72Fair 2021-22: 12.81Good 2011-12: 53.6Good 2012-13: 52.18Good 2013-14: 50Good 2014-15: 54.9Good 2015-16: 56.05Good 2016-17: 56.47Good 2017-18: 58.57Good 2018-19: 51.86Good 2019-20: 50.93Good 2020-21: 50.46Good 2021-22: 53.6Very good 2011-12: 25.3Very good 2012-13: 26.57Very good 2013-14: 29.32Very good 2014-15: 27.45Very good 2015-16: 28.03Very good 2016-17: 24.05Very good 2017-18: 25.49Very good 2018-19: 29.68Very good 2019-20: 29.27Very good 2020-21: 27.83Very good 2021-22: 28.45

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 Northumberland.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 21.13Poor 2012-13: 20.59Poor 2013-14: 21.1Poor 2014-15: 19.64Poor 2015-16: 17.11Poor 2016-17: 19.99Poor 2017-18: 19.49Poor 2018-19: 16.46Poor 2019-20: 20.75Poor 2020-21: 24.22Poor 2021-22: 24.19Fair 2011-12: 20.25Fair 2012-13: 17.35Fair 2013-14: 15.14Fair 2014-15: 14.88Fair 2015-16: 14.1Fair 2016-17: 13.45Fair 2017-18: 15.13Fair 2018-19: 16.87Fair 2019-20: 20.35Fair 2020-21: 17.75Fair 2021-22: 14.19Good 2011-12: 24.44Good 2012-13: 24.76Good 2013-14: 26.67Good 2014-15: 26.37Good 2015-16: 29.2Good 2016-17: 32.18Good 2017-18: 32.39Good 2018-19: 24.65Good 2019-20: 19.49Good 2020-21: 20.9Good 2021-22: 20.96Very good 2011-12: 34.18Very good 2012-13: 37.3Very good 2013-14: 37.09Very good 2014-15: 39.11Very good 2015-16: 39.59Very good 2016-17: 34.39Very good 2017-18: 33Very good 2018-19: 42.02Very good 2019-20: 39.42Very good 2020-21: 37.12Very good 2021-22: 40.66