"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 West Lancashire.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of West Lancashire.

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 West Lancashire.

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 West Lancashire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 13.54Poor 2012-13: 9.54Poor 2013-14: 7.03Poor 2014-15: 10.81Poor 2015-16: 9.8Poor 2016-17: 9.94Poor 2017-18: 12.95Poor 2018-19: 6.36Poor 2019-20: 12.18Poor 2020-21: 8.58Poor 2021-22: 12.29Fair 2011-12: 12.35Fair 2012-13: 20Fair 2013-14: 12.85Fair 2014-15: 21.79Fair 2015-16: 12.17Fair 2016-17: 18.07Fair 2017-18: 21.56Fair 2018-19: 15.39Fair 2019-20: 14.77Fair 2020-21: 14.71Fair 2021-22: 15.22Good 2011-12: 41.88Good 2012-13: 43.23Good 2013-14: 48.69Good 2014-15: 37.85Good 2015-16: 51.23Good 2016-17: 34.88Good 2017-18: 34.57Good 2018-19: 42.56Good 2019-20: 37.21Good 2020-21: 39.68Good 2021-22: 29.01Very good 2011-12: 32.23Very good 2012-13: 27.22Very good 2013-14: 31.43Very good 2014-15: 29.56Very good 2015-16: 26.81Very good 2016-17: 37.11Very good 2017-18: 30.92Very good 2018-19: 35.69Very good 2019-20: 35.85Very good 2020-21: 37.02Very good 2021-22: 43.48

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 West Lancashire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.05Poor 2012-13: 0Poor 2013-14: 4.98Poor 2014-15: 3.53Poor 2015-16: 0Poor 2016-17: 0Poor 2017-18: 5.3Poor 2018-19: 6.99Poor 2019-20: 6.88Poor 2020-21: 0Poor 2021-22: 0Fair 2011-12: 15.24Fair 2012-13: 0Fair 2013-14: 11.81Fair 2014-15: 13.81Fair 2015-16: 0Fair 2016-17: 0Fair 2017-18: 12.58Fair 2018-19: 7.74Fair 2019-20: 6.61Fair 2020-21: 0Fair 2021-22: 0Good 2011-12: 49.55Good 2012-13: 46.31Good 2013-14: 46.32Good 2014-15: 43.83Good 2015-16: 49.21Good 2016-17: 53.21Good 2017-18: 40.57Good 2018-19: 48.19Good 2019-20: 43.56Good 2020-21: 56.71Good 2021-22: 44.23Very good 2011-12: 29.16Very good 2012-13: 33Very good 2013-14: 36.89Very good 2014-15: 38.84Very good 2015-16: 27.44Very good 2016-17: 31.84Very good 2017-18: 41.55Very good 2018-19: 37.09Very good 2019-20: 42.95Very good 2020-21: 32.78Very good 2021-22: 43.96

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 West Lancashire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 10.49Poor 2012-13: 7.58Poor 2013-14: 5.68Poor 2014-15: 3.48Poor 2015-16: 15.7Poor 2016-17: 6.58Poor 2017-18: 2.9Poor 2018-19: 5.92Poor 2019-20: 8.71Poor 2020-21: 7.87Poor 2021-22: 0Fair 2011-12: 15.98Fair 2012-13: 20.19Fair 2013-14: 18.96Fair 2014-15: 19.12Fair 2015-16: 19.94Fair 2016-17: 13.01Fair 2017-18: 17.41Fair 2018-19: 11.42Fair 2019-20: 16.95Fair 2020-21: 10.95Fair 2021-22: 0Good 2011-12: 53.33Good 2012-13: 45Good 2013-14: 43.05Good 2014-15: 45.04Good 2015-16: 44.45Good 2016-17: 52.27Good 2017-18: 43.64Good 2018-19: 50.55Good 2019-20: 48.04Good 2020-21: 50.66Good 2021-22: 41.85Very good 2011-12: 20.2Very good 2012-13: 27.23Very good 2013-14: 32.31Very good 2014-15: 32.37Very good 2015-16: 19.9Very good 2016-17: 28.14Very good 2017-18: 36.05Very good 2018-19: 32.12Very good 2019-20: 26.29Very good 2020-21: 30.52Very good 2021-22: 33.86

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 West Lancashire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 22.06Poor 2012-13: 29.08Poor 2013-14: 22.86Poor 2014-15: 24.67Poor 2015-16: 25.04Poor 2016-17: 27.73Poor 2017-18: 20.7Poor 2018-19: 21.09Poor 2019-20: 31.19Poor 2020-21: 17.22Poor 2021-22: 28.67Fair 2011-12: 19.7Fair 2012-13: 9.67Fair 2013-14: 15.95Fair 2014-15: 20.52Fair 2015-16: 16.1Fair 2016-17: 18.75Fair 2017-18: 15.61Fair 2018-19: 7.62Fair 2019-20: 13.17Fair 2020-21: 13.21Fair 2021-22: 9.4Good 2011-12: 23.36Good 2012-13: 27.27Good 2013-14: 20.07Good 2014-15: 12.48Good 2015-16: 26.14Good 2016-17: 10.22Good 2017-18: 13.02Good 2018-19: 15.09Good 2019-20: 11.32Good 2020-21: 32.32Good 2021-22: 19.14Very good 2011-12: 34.87Very good 2012-13: 33.98Very good 2013-14: 41.11Very good 2014-15: 42.33Very good 2015-16: 32.72Very good 2016-17: 43.3Very good 2017-18: 50.67Very good 2018-19: 56.19Very good 2019-20: 44.32Very good 2020-21: 37.26Very good 2021-22: 42.79