"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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

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: 24.7Total 201617: 24.3Total 201718: 26.4Total 201819: 30.7Total 201920: 33.1Total 202021: 38.4Total 202122: 40.2Total 202223: 40.9State-funded nursery 201516: 21.8State-funded nursery 201617: 21.8State-funded nursery 201718: 22.2State-funded nursery 201819: 25.7State-funded nursery 201920: 22.7State-funded nursery 202021: 26.2State-funded nursery 202122: 23.7State-funded nursery 202223: 24.7State-funded primary 201516: 25.3State-funded primary 201617: 24.5State-funded primary 201718: 26.8State-funded primary 201819: 31.6State-funded primary 201920: 33.9State-funded primary 202021: 39.3State-funded primary 202122: 40.3State-funded primary 202223: 40.5State-funded secondary 201516: 22.7State-funded secondary 201617: 22.9State-funded secondary 201718: 24.3State-funded secondary 201819: 28.2State-funded secondary 201920: 30.8State-funded secondary 202021: 36.1State-funded secondary 202122: 39.1State-funded secondary 202223: 40.4State-funded special school 201516: 32State-funded special school 201617: 33.4State-funded special school 201718: 51.3State-funded special school 201819: 54.7State-funded special school 201920: 57.4State-funded special school 202021: 63.8State-funded special school 202122: 64.1State-funded special school 202223: 64State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 60.4State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 63.1State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 55.3State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 40.1State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 59.7State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 67.1State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 64.1State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 53.8

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 9.39Poor 2012-13: 11.18Poor 2013-14: 10.58Poor 2014-15: 10.78Poor 2015-16: 11.36Poor 2016-17: 8.39Poor 2017-18: 9.96Poor 2018-19: 9.95Poor 2019-20: 12.33Poor 2020-21: 10Poor 2021-22: 7.14Fair 2011-12: 19.68Fair 2012-13: 18.49Fair 2013-14: 18.61Fair 2014-15: 17.47Fair 2015-16: 18.83Fair 2016-17: 20.01Fair 2017-18: 19.22Fair 2018-19: 17.93Fair 2019-20: 19.47Fair 2020-21: 18.53Fair 2021-22: 16.85Good 2011-12: 40.52Good 2012-13: 41.36Good 2013-14: 43.41Good 2014-15: 45.04Good 2015-16: 41.75Good 2016-17: 42.08Good 2017-18: 38.52Good 2018-19: 39.6Good 2019-20: 38.35Good 2020-21: 41.34Good 2021-22: 43.57Very good 2011-12: 30.4Very good 2012-13: 28.97Very good 2013-14: 27.4Very good 2014-15: 26.71Very good 2015-16: 28.06Very good 2016-17: 29.51Very good 2017-18: 32.3Very good 2018-19: 32.52Very good 2019-20: 29.85Very good 2020-21: 30.14Very good 2021-22: 32.43

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 3.75Poor 2012-13: 6.11Poor 2013-14: 6.47Poor 2014-15: 5.77Poor 2015-16: 4.8Poor 2016-17: 5.66Poor 2017-18: 3.78Poor 2018-19: 4.24Poor 2019-20: 7.89Poor 2020-21: 4.81Poor 2021-22: 5.24Fair 2011-12: 16.74Fair 2012-13: 16.44Fair 2013-14: 14.3Fair 2014-15: 15.12Fair 2015-16: 14.66Fair 2016-17: 12.03Fair 2017-18: 17.71Fair 2018-19: 13.31Fair 2019-20: 14.05Fair 2020-21: 13.94Fair 2021-22: 11.98Good 2011-12: 49.39Good 2012-13: 49.16Good 2013-14: 48.96Good 2014-15: 53.23Good 2015-16: 50.82Good 2016-17: 53.24Good 2017-18: 50.23Good 2018-19: 50.56Good 2019-20: 46.87Good 2020-21: 49.53Good 2021-22: 45.54Very good 2011-12: 30.12Very good 2012-13: 28.29Very good 2013-14: 30.27Very good 2014-15: 25.88Very good 2015-16: 29.72Very good 2016-17: 29.07Very good 2017-18: 28.28Very good 2018-19: 31.89Very good 2019-20: 31.19Very good 2020-21: 31.72Very good 2021-22: 37.24

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.04Poor 2012-13: 6.46Poor 2013-14: 6.64Poor 2014-15: 6.43Poor 2015-16: 6.41Poor 2016-17: 5.52Poor 2017-18: 4.48Poor 2018-19: 4.09Poor 2019-20: 7.13Poor 2020-21: 7.51Poor 2021-22: 3.57Fair 2011-12: 15.97Fair 2012-13: 17.8Fair 2013-14: 16.97Fair 2014-15: 17.05Fair 2015-16: 17.02Fair 2016-17: 13.78Fair 2017-18: 16.46Fair 2018-19: 16.92Fair 2019-20: 17.92Fair 2020-21: 15.69Fair 2021-22: 12.67Good 2011-12: 52.21Good 2012-13: 50.72Good 2013-14: 51.17Good 2014-15: 55.2Good 2015-16: 50.86Good 2016-17: 54.68Good 2017-18: 54.48Good 2018-19: 51.47Good 2019-20: 50.69Good 2020-21: 55.2Good 2021-22: 55.24Very good 2011-12: 26.78Very good 2012-13: 25.02Very good 2013-14: 25.23Very good 2014-15: 21.31Very good 2015-16: 25.71Very good 2016-17: 26.02Very good 2017-18: 24.57Very good 2018-19: 27.53Very good 2019-20: 24.26Very good 2020-21: 21.59Very good 2021-22: 28.53

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 23.97Poor 2012-13: 20.49Poor 2013-14: 21.38Poor 2014-15: 22.53Poor 2015-16: 21.99Poor 2016-17: 19.65Poor 2017-18: 21.18Poor 2018-19: 19.66Poor 2019-20: 29.05Poor 2020-21: 26.33Poor 2021-22: 19.14Fair 2011-12: 19.39Fair 2012-13: 16.99Fair 2013-14: 18.02Fair 2014-15: 17.89Fair 2015-16: 15.1Fair 2016-17: 18.99Fair 2017-18: 18.03Fair 2018-19: 18.14Fair 2019-20: 15.3Fair 2020-21: 19.03Fair 2021-22: 22.02Good 2011-12: 23.48Good 2012-13: 21.82Good 2013-14: 24.31Good 2014-15: 25.86Good 2015-16: 26.92Good 2016-17: 24.59Good 2017-18: 27.88Good 2018-19: 21.91Good 2019-20: 20.79Good 2020-21: 25.45Good 2021-22: 25.74Very good 2011-12: 33.16Very good 2012-13: 40.71Very good 2013-14: 36.3Very good 2014-15: 33.72Very good 2015-16: 35.99Very good 2016-17: 36.77Very good 2017-18: 32.91Very good 2018-19: 40.29Very good 2019-20: 34.86Very good 2020-21: 29.19Very good 2021-22: 33.09