"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 Calderdale.

Key indicators

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

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 Calderdale.

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 Calderdale.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 12.32Poor 2012-13: 9.65Poor 2013-14: 8.35Poor 2014-15: 10.56Poor 2015-16: 10.49Poor 2016-17: 9.01Poor 2017-18: 8.78Poor 2018-19: 9.26Poor 2019-20: 7.57Poor 2020-21: 10.01Poor 2021-22: 9.32Fair 2011-12: 15.94Fair 2012-13: 17.98Fair 2013-14: 19.26Fair 2014-15: 16.09Fair 2015-16: 17.05Fair 2016-17: 16.18Fair 2017-18: 15.26Fair 2018-19: 14.85Fair 2019-20: 17.67Fair 2020-21: 17.48Fair 2021-22: 14.09Good 2011-12: 39.71Good 2012-13: 39.63Good 2013-14: 42.09Good 2014-15: 38.78Good 2015-16: 40.34Good 2016-17: 41.14Good 2017-18: 40.9Good 2018-19: 41.05Good 2019-20: 40.23Good 2020-21: 42.25Good 2021-22: 47.33Very good 2011-12: 32.03Very good 2012-13: 32.74Very good 2013-14: 30.29Very good 2014-15: 34.56Very good 2015-16: 32.12Very good 2016-17: 33.67Very good 2017-18: 35.05Very good 2018-19: 34.85Very good 2019-20: 34.54Very good 2020-21: 30.26Very good 2021-22: 29.25

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 Calderdale.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.87Poor 2012-13: 3.9Poor 2013-14: 5.27Poor 2014-15: 2.88Poor 2015-16: 4.49Poor 2016-17: 4.23Poor 2017-18: 3.89Poor 2018-19: 3.95Poor 2019-20: 4Poor 2020-21: 3.47Poor 2021-22: 3.84Fair 2011-12: 14.52Fair 2012-13: 14.51Fair 2013-14: 12.59Fair 2014-15: 11.18Fair 2015-16: 11.25Fair 2016-17: 10.45Fair 2017-18: 11.11Fair 2018-19: 12.9Fair 2019-20: 12.9Fair 2020-21: 15.51Fair 2021-22: 15.42Good 2011-12: 45.94Good 2012-13: 47.83Good 2013-14: 49.58Good 2014-15: 48.85Good 2015-16: 47.97Good 2016-17: 46.64Good 2017-18: 47.12Good 2018-19: 44.8Good 2019-20: 47.18Good 2020-21: 46.5Good 2021-22: 46.51Very good 2011-12: 34.66Very good 2012-13: 33.76Very good 2013-14: 32.56Very good 2014-15: 37.1Very good 2015-16: 36.29Very good 2016-17: 38.68Very good 2017-18: 37.89Very good 2018-19: 38.35Very good 2019-20: 35.92Very good 2020-21: 34.51Very good 2021-22: 34.23

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 Calderdale.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.77Poor 2012-13: 6.16Poor 2013-14: 5.1Poor 2014-15: 5.19Poor 2015-16: 5.47Poor 2016-17: 5.18Poor 2017-18: 6.16Poor 2018-19: 4.7Poor 2019-20: 5.3Poor 2020-21: 6.3Poor 2021-22: 3.32Fair 2011-12: 17.82Fair 2012-13: 17.4Fair 2013-14: 13.7Fair 2014-15: 15.98Fair 2015-16: 15.23Fair 2016-17: 13.87Fair 2017-18: 14.61Fair 2018-19: 15.91Fair 2019-20: 15.68Fair 2020-21: 20.51Fair 2021-22: 17.37Good 2011-12: 48.56Good 2012-13: 50.29Good 2013-14: 53.24Good 2014-15: 49.46Good 2015-16: 51.1Good 2016-17: 49.63Good 2017-18: 49.63Good 2018-19: 50.88Good 2019-20: 49.67Good 2020-21: 46.65Good 2021-22: 56.9Very good 2011-12: 27.86Very good 2012-13: 26.14Very good 2013-14: 27.96Very good 2014-15: 29.37Very good 2015-16: 28.2Very good 2016-17: 31.33Very good 2017-18: 29.61Very good 2018-19: 28.51Very good 2019-20: 29.35Very good 2020-21: 26.54Very good 2021-22: 22.41

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 Calderdale.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 21.02Poor 2012-13: 21.09Poor 2013-14: 20.35Poor 2014-15: 22.72Poor 2015-16: 19.76Poor 2016-17: 21.1Poor 2017-18: 20.04Poor 2018-19: 21.87Poor 2019-20: 19.83Poor 2020-21: 25.92Poor 2021-22: 21.08Fair 2011-12: 17.05Fair 2012-13: 14.52Fair 2013-14: 17.79Fair 2014-15: 15.6Fair 2015-16: 17.21Fair 2016-17: 14.25Fair 2017-18: 15.84Fair 2018-19: 16.97Fair 2019-20: 19.78Fair 2020-21: 18.44Fair 2021-22: 17.18Good 2011-12: 19.55Good 2012-13: 23.91Good 2013-14: 23.77Good 2014-15: 22.04Good 2015-16: 19.49Good 2016-17: 23.32Good 2017-18: 25.35Good 2018-19: 21.87Good 2019-20: 25.34Good 2020-21: 22.22Good 2021-22: 24.99Very good 2011-12: 42.37Very good 2012-13: 40.49Very good 2013-14: 38.08Very good 2014-15: 39.64Very good 2015-16: 43.54Very good 2016-17: 41.33Very good 2017-18: 38.77Very good 2018-19: 39.29Very good 2019-20: 35.04Very good 2020-21: 33.42Very good 2021-22: 36.74