"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 Sunderland.

Key indicators

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

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 Sunderland.

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 Sunderland.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 13.37Poor 2012-13: 11.56Poor 2013-14: 12.42Poor 2014-15: 12.45Poor 2015-16: 11.32Poor 2016-17: 13.17Poor 2017-18: 10.39Poor 2018-19: 11.75Poor 2019-20: 13.55Poor 2020-21: 10.74Poor 2021-22: 11.16Fair 2011-12: 18.53Fair 2012-13: 20.43Fair 2013-14: 15.83Fair 2014-15: 18.17Fair 2015-16: 17.82Fair 2016-17: 16.96Fair 2017-18: 17.99Fair 2018-19: 14.54Fair 2019-20: 16.73Fair 2020-21: 23.46Fair 2021-22: 21.55Good 2011-12: 36.97Good 2012-13: 39.7Good 2013-14: 36.26Good 2014-15: 32.7Good 2015-16: 36.58Good 2016-17: 36.1Good 2017-18: 32.19Good 2018-19: 34.61Good 2019-20: 35.75Good 2020-21: 38.15Good 2021-22: 40.38Very good 2011-12: 31.13Very good 2012-13: 28.31Very good 2013-14: 35.49Very good 2014-15: 36.67Very good 2015-16: 34.27Very good 2016-17: 33.77Very good 2017-18: 39.43Very good 2018-19: 39.11Very good 2019-20: 33.97Very good 2020-21: 27.65Very good 2021-22: 26.91

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 Sunderland.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.93Poor 2012-13: 7.03Poor 2013-14: 5.12Poor 2014-15: 5.07Poor 2015-16: 4.38Poor 2016-17: 2.91Poor 2017-18: 4.06Poor 2018-19: 4.54Poor 2019-20: 5.95Poor 2020-21: 6.28Poor 2021-22: 6.26Fair 2011-12: 17.34Fair 2012-13: 13.64Fair 2013-14: 14.89Fair 2014-15: 13.49Fair 2015-16: 13.18Fair 2016-17: 14.16Fair 2017-18: 12.52Fair 2018-19: 14.23Fair 2019-20: 14.75Fair 2020-21: 16.4Fair 2021-22: 18.02Good 2011-12: 42.85Good 2012-13: 46.72Good 2013-14: 43.85Good 2014-15: 43.22Good 2015-16: 46.27Good 2016-17: 47.32Good 2017-18: 44.49Good 2018-19: 43.34Good 2019-20: 44.54Good 2020-21: 44.78Good 2021-22: 51.32Very good 2011-12: 33.87Very good 2012-13: 32.61Very good 2013-14: 36.15Very good 2014-15: 38.22Very good 2015-16: 36.17Very good 2016-17: 35.61Very good 2017-18: 38.92Very good 2018-19: 37.89Very good 2019-20: 34.76Very good 2020-21: 32.54Very good 2021-22: 24.41

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 Sunderland.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 7.63Poor 2012-13: 7.15Poor 2013-14: 6.28Poor 2014-15: 7.59Poor 2015-16: 5.94Poor 2016-17: 4.95Poor 2017-18: 5.36Poor 2018-19: 5.7Poor 2019-20: 6.56Poor 2020-21: 6.82Poor 2021-22: 7.21Fair 2011-12: 19.54Fair 2012-13: 19.74Fair 2013-14: 17.7Fair 2014-15: 14.06Fair 2015-16: 15.57Fair 2016-17: 16.66Fair 2017-18: 17.6Fair 2018-19: 14.91Fair 2019-20: 17.29Fair 2020-21: 19.66Fair 2021-22: 16.62Good 2011-12: 45.01Good 2012-13: 48.49Good 2013-14: 47.37Good 2014-15: 47.44Good 2015-16: 48.33Good 2016-17: 45.82Good 2017-18: 45.31Good 2018-19: 49.35Good 2019-20: 48.09Good 2020-21: 50.64Good 2021-22: 55.9Very good 2011-12: 27.82Very good 2012-13: 24.62Very good 2013-14: 28.66Very good 2014-15: 30.92Very good 2015-16: 30.16Very good 2016-17: 32.57Very good 2017-18: 31.73Very good 2018-19: 30.03Very good 2019-20: 28.06Very good 2020-21: 22.88Very good 2021-22: 20.27

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 Sunderland.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 23.16Poor 2012-13: 22.87Poor 2013-14: 20.18Poor 2014-15: 26.05Poor 2015-16: 22.41Poor 2016-17: 23.62Poor 2017-18: 21.19Poor 2018-19: 26Poor 2019-20: 23.38Poor 2020-21: 28.49Poor 2021-22: 22.11Fair 2011-12: 17.17Fair 2012-13: 18.17Fair 2013-14: 14.27Fair 2014-15: 15.47Fair 2015-16: 16.99Fair 2016-17: 15.71Fair 2017-18: 15.69Fair 2018-19: 16.16Fair 2019-20: 16.01Fair 2020-21: 19.16Fair 2021-22: 17.31Good 2011-12: 21.48Good 2012-13: 18.47Good 2013-14: 18.3Good 2014-15: 16.02Good 2015-16: 17.99Good 2016-17: 19.49Good 2017-18: 23.6Good 2018-19: 15.63Good 2019-20: 18.48Good 2020-21: 17.02Good 2021-22: 26.49Very good 2011-12: 38.19Very good 2012-13: 40.5Very good 2013-14: 47.25Very good 2014-15: 42.47Very good 2015-16: 42.62Very good 2016-17: 41.19Very good 2017-18: 39.53Very good 2018-19: 42.21Very good 2019-20: 42.12Very good 2020-21: 35.33Very good 2021-22: 34.09