"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 Leeds.

Key indicators

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

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 Leeds.

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 Leeds.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 12.2Poor 2012-13: 9.85Poor 2013-14: 11.14Poor 2014-15: 11.37Poor 2015-16: 8.75Poor 2016-17: 9.46Poor 2017-18: 6.66Poor 2018-19: 8.15Poor 2019-20: 9.05Poor 2020-21: 9.92Poor 2021-22: 7.14Fair 2011-12: 19.38Fair 2012-13: 18.14Fair 2013-14: 16.94Fair 2014-15: 16.74Fair 2015-16: 16.55Fair 2016-17: 15.67Fair 2017-18: 17.25Fair 2018-19: 18.97Fair 2019-20: 15.41Fair 2020-21: 20.76Fair 2021-22: 18.92Good 2011-12: 39.55Good 2012-13: 39.71Good 2013-14: 40.06Good 2014-15: 38.85Good 2015-16: 43.11Good 2016-17: 38.75Good 2017-18: 41.59Good 2018-19: 39.83Good 2019-20: 42.81Good 2020-21: 41.79Good 2021-22: 46.08Very good 2011-12: 28.87Very good 2012-13: 32.3Very good 2013-14: 31.86Very good 2014-15: 33.04Very good 2015-16: 31.6Very good 2016-17: 36.12Very good 2017-18: 34.5Very good 2018-19: 33.05Very good 2019-20: 32.72Very good 2020-21: 27.52Very good 2021-22: 27.86

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 Leeds.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.34Poor 2012-13: 4.39Poor 2013-14: 3.71Poor 2014-15: 4.07Poor 2015-16: 2.45Poor 2016-17: 4.07Poor 2017-18: 3.65Poor 2018-19: 3.01Poor 2019-20: 4.28Poor 2020-21: 3.83Poor 2021-22: 2.53Fair 2011-12: 15.28Fair 2012-13: 17.79Fair 2013-14: 15.73Fair 2014-15: 12.62Fair 2015-16: 12.91Fair 2016-17: 12.37Fair 2017-18: 10.15Fair 2018-19: 11.32Fair 2019-20: 13.41Fair 2020-21: 14.68Fair 2021-22: 9.49Good 2011-12: 49.3Good 2012-13: 46.64Good 2013-14: 47.9Good 2014-15: 47.01Good 2015-16: 50.14Good 2016-17: 49.04Good 2017-18: 48.27Good 2018-19: 50.07Good 2019-20: 50.7Good 2020-21: 52.7Good 2021-22: 57Very good 2011-12: 31.08Very good 2012-13: 31.18Very good 2013-14: 32.66Very good 2014-15: 36.31Very good 2015-16: 34.51Very good 2016-17: 34.53Very good 2017-18: 37.93Very good 2018-19: 35.6Very good 2019-20: 31.62Very good 2020-21: 28.8Very good 2021-22: 30.98

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 Leeds.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.73Poor 2012-13: 6.22Poor 2013-14: 5.38Poor 2014-15: 5.43Poor 2015-16: 3.34Poor 2016-17: 4.35Poor 2017-18: 4.39Poor 2018-19: 4.03Poor 2019-20: 3.81Poor 2020-21: 6.7Poor 2021-22: 4.56Fair 2011-12: 19.05Fair 2012-13: 16.47Fair 2013-14: 16.26Fair 2014-15: 14.05Fair 2015-16: 15.39Fair 2016-17: 12.69Fair 2017-18: 11.97Fair 2018-19: 12.6Fair 2019-20: 15.11Fair 2020-21: 19.62Fair 2021-22: 14.84Good 2011-12: 52.03Good 2012-13: 50.36Good 2013-14: 51.29Good 2014-15: 53.92Good 2015-16: 52.58Good 2016-17: 51.57Good 2017-18: 54.01Good 2018-19: 53Good 2019-20: 56.4Good 2020-21: 56.16Good 2021-22: 55.26Very good 2011-12: 23.19Very good 2012-13: 26.95Very good 2013-14: 27.07Very good 2014-15: 26.59Very good 2015-16: 28.69Very good 2016-17: 31.4Very good 2017-18: 29.63Very good 2018-19: 30.37Very good 2019-20: 24.68Very good 2020-21: 17.51Very good 2021-22: 25.34

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 Leeds.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 21.21Poor 2012-13: 22.02Poor 2013-14: 21.77Poor 2014-15: 22.29Poor 2015-16: 23.15Poor 2016-17: 21.75Poor 2017-18: 21.86Poor 2018-19: 21.1Poor 2019-20: 22.39Poor 2020-21: 28.56Poor 2021-22: 23.98Fair 2011-12: 17.44Fair 2012-13: 19.6Fair 2013-14: 16.39Fair 2014-15: 16.74Fair 2015-16: 18.54Fair 2016-17: 21.7Fair 2017-18: 15.47Fair 2018-19: 16.13Fair 2019-20: 17.9Fair 2020-21: 18.46Fair 2021-22: 22.16Good 2011-12: 24.6Good 2012-13: 19.52Good 2013-14: 22.3Good 2014-15: 22.59Good 2015-16: 22.94Good 2016-17: 22.57Good 2017-18: 23Good 2018-19: 23.52Good 2019-20: 21.26Good 2020-21: 26.69Good 2021-22: 22.95Very good 2011-12: 36.76Very good 2012-13: 38.85Very good 2013-14: 39.54Very good 2014-15: 38.38Very good 2015-16: 35.36Very good 2016-17: 33.98Very good 2017-18: 39.67Very good 2018-19: 39.24Very good 2019-20: 38.44Very good 2020-21: 26.28Very good 2021-22: 30.91