"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 South Tyneside.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of South Tyneside.

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 South Tyneside.

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 South Tyneside.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 13.48Poor 2012-13: 15.62Poor 2013-14: 13.91Poor 2014-15: 13.47Poor 2015-16: 10.32Poor 2016-17: 8.79Poor 2017-18: 10.88Poor 2018-19: 11.98Poor 2019-20: 12.67Poor 2020-21: 9.55Poor 2021-22: 8.57Fair 2011-12: 20.22Fair 2012-13: 19.56Fair 2013-14: 17.3Fair 2014-15: 16.89Fair 2015-16: 19.82Fair 2016-17: 19.45Fair 2017-18: 18.97Fair 2018-19: 16.8Fair 2019-20: 18.48Fair 2020-21: 20.67Fair 2021-22: 16.56Good 2011-12: 37.85Good 2012-13: 35.64Good 2013-14: 36.97Good 2014-15: 36.65Good 2015-16: 36.62Good 2016-17: 38.5Good 2017-18: 36.22Good 2018-19: 36.21Good 2019-20: 36.42Good 2020-21: 39.18Good 2021-22: 42.24Very good 2011-12: 28.45Very good 2012-13: 29.19Very good 2013-14: 31.82Very good 2014-15: 32.98Very good 2015-16: 33.24Very good 2016-17: 33.27Very good 2017-18: 33.94Very good 2018-19: 35Very good 2019-20: 32.43Very good 2020-21: 30.59Very good 2021-22: 32.63

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 South Tyneside.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.24Poor 2012-13: 7.17Poor 2013-14: 6.67Poor 2014-15: 5.17Poor 2015-16: 4.99Poor 2016-17: 3.93Poor 2017-18: 5.24Poor 2018-19: 5.91Poor 2019-20: 7.35Poor 2020-21: 6.17Poor 2021-22: 5.07Fair 2011-12: 18.43Fair 2012-13: 14.06Fair 2013-14: 15.01Fair 2014-15: 14.09Fair 2015-16: 14.1Fair 2016-17: 14.1Fair 2017-18: 13.28Fair 2018-19: 11.54Fair 2019-20: 13.07Fair 2020-21: 13.37Fair 2021-22: 10.82Good 2011-12: 46.77Good 2012-13: 48.26Good 2013-14: 46.64Good 2014-15: 49.39Good 2015-16: 45.84Good 2016-17: 45.1Good 2017-18: 47.65Good 2018-19: 43.63Good 2019-20: 43.17Good 2020-21: 48.42Good 2021-22: 48.45Very good 2011-12: 28.55Very good 2012-13: 30.51Very good 2013-14: 31.67Very good 2014-15: 31.34Very good 2015-16: 35.07Very good 2016-17: 36.88Very good 2017-18: 33.83Very good 2018-19: 38.92Very good 2019-20: 36.41Very good 2020-21: 32.04Very good 2021-22: 35.66

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 South Tyneside.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 9.13Poor 2012-13: 8.81Poor 2013-14: 8.6Poor 2014-15: 5.88Poor 2015-16: 6.83Poor 2016-17: 6.02Poor 2017-18: 6.01Poor 2018-19: 7.02Poor 2019-20: 7.79Poor 2020-21: 7.5Poor 2021-22: 4.98Fair 2011-12: 19.04Fair 2012-13: 18.77Fair 2013-14: 19.04Fair 2014-15: 16.48Fair 2015-16: 13.74Fair 2016-17: 14.88Fair 2017-18: 15.5Fair 2018-19: 15.31Fair 2019-20: 16.06Fair 2020-21: 19.71Fair 2021-22: 17.83Good 2011-12: 46.94Good 2012-13: 48.52Good 2013-14: 47.12Good 2014-15: 48.16Good 2015-16: 48.24Good 2016-17: 47.36Good 2017-18: 50.39Good 2018-19: 45.65Good 2019-20: 48.74Good 2020-21: 47.65Good 2021-22: 49.4Very good 2011-12: 24.89Very good 2012-13: 23.91Very good 2013-14: 25.24Very good 2014-15: 29.48Very good 2015-16: 31.19Very good 2016-17: 31.75Very good 2017-18: 28.1Very good 2018-19: 32.02Very good 2019-20: 27.41Very good 2020-21: 25.14Very good 2021-22: 27.78

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 South Tyneside.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 26.54Poor 2012-13: 22.01Poor 2013-14: 21.67Poor 2014-15: 23.05Poor 2015-16: 22.35Poor 2016-17: 16.58Poor 2017-18: 22.27Poor 2018-19: 23.39Poor 2019-20: 24.83Poor 2020-21: 26.81Poor 2021-22: 18.95Fair 2011-12: 17.14Fair 2012-13: 18.98Fair 2013-14: 18.07Fair 2014-15: 14.45Fair 2015-16: 16.8Fair 2016-17: 17.2Fair 2017-18: 19.87Fair 2018-19: 16.39Fair 2019-20: 17.93Fair 2020-21: 16.8Fair 2021-22: 16.76Good 2011-12: 19.79Good 2012-13: 19.74Good 2013-14: 19.14Good 2014-15: 20.97Good 2015-16: 19.97Good 2016-17: 22.04Good 2017-18: 16.7Good 2018-19: 20.68Good 2019-20: 17.89Good 2020-21: 19.93Good 2021-22: 21.56Very good 2011-12: 36.53Very good 2012-13: 39.27Very good 2013-14: 41.13Very good 2014-15: 41.53Very good 2015-16: 40.87Very good 2016-17: 44.18Very good 2017-18: 41.17Very good 2018-19: 39.55Very good 2019-20: 39.35Very good 2020-21: 36.46Very good 2021-22: 42.73