"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 Gateshead.

Key indicators

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

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 Gateshead.

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 Gateshead.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 13.7Poor 2012-13: 10.96Poor 2013-14: 12.63Poor 2014-15: 11.47Poor 2015-16: 9.53Poor 2016-17: 6.89Poor 2017-18: 9.4Poor 2018-19: 9.32Poor 2019-20: 9.93Poor 2020-21: 10.9Poor 2021-22: 10.38Fair 2011-12: 17.7Fair 2012-13: 19.57Fair 2013-14: 15.44Fair 2014-15: 17.11Fair 2015-16: 18.12Fair 2016-17: 17.56Fair 2017-18: 18.01Fair 2018-19: 18.18Fair 2019-20: 20.36Fair 2020-21: 24.69Fair 2021-22: 17.23Good 2011-12: 38.71Good 2012-13: 38.78Good 2013-14: 41.18Good 2014-15: 40.38Good 2015-16: 40.81Good 2016-17: 40.66Good 2017-18: 38.87Good 2018-19: 36.33Good 2019-20: 38.82Good 2020-21: 34.17Good 2021-22: 35.94Very good 2011-12: 29.89Very good 2012-13: 30.69Very good 2013-14: 30.75Very good 2014-15: 31.04Very good 2015-16: 31.55Very good 2016-17: 34.89Very good 2017-18: 33.73Very good 2018-19: 36.17Very good 2019-20: 30.89Very good 2020-21: 30.25Very good 2021-22: 36.45

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 Gateshead.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.66Poor 2012-13: 6.04Poor 2013-14: 5.17Poor 2014-15: 4.24Poor 2015-16: 4.16Poor 2016-17: 3.67Poor 2017-18: 3.7Poor 2018-19: 5.19Poor 2019-20: 4.48Poor 2020-21: 6.34Poor 2021-22: 5.54Fair 2011-12: 14.07Fair 2012-13: 15.05Fair 2013-14: 14.71Fair 2014-15: 14.06Fair 2015-16: 13.22Fair 2016-17: 13.19Fair 2017-18: 13.18Fair 2018-19: 15.36Fair 2019-20: 13.5Fair 2020-21: 17.66Fair 2021-22: 13.38Good 2011-12: 50.17Good 2012-13: 52.08Good 2013-14: 50.69Good 2014-15: 52.95Good 2015-16: 45.82Good 2016-17: 45.14Good 2017-18: 49.21Good 2018-19: 45.18Good 2019-20: 49.75Good 2020-21: 47.68Good 2021-22: 46.96Very good 2011-12: 29.1Very good 2012-13: 26.83Very good 2013-14: 29.42Very good 2014-15: 28.75Very good 2015-16: 36.81Very good 2016-17: 37.99Very good 2017-18: 33.91Very good 2018-19: 34.28Very good 2019-20: 32.28Very good 2020-21: 28.32Very good 2021-22: 34.13

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 Gateshead.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 9.39Poor 2012-13: 7.1Poor 2013-14: 7.79Poor 2014-15: 5.96Poor 2015-16: 4.12Poor 2016-17: 4.85Poor 2017-18: 5.37Poor 2018-19: 7.23Poor 2019-20: 5.86Poor 2020-21: 7.98Poor 2021-22: 5.59Fair 2011-12: 15.93Fair 2012-13: 18.99Fair 2013-14: 17.32Fair 2014-15: 15.6Fair 2015-16: 14.82Fair 2016-17: 12.85Fair 2017-18: 13.16Fair 2018-19: 15.51Fair 2019-20: 14.68Fair 2020-21: 19.86Fair 2021-22: 19.01Good 2011-12: 48.97Good 2012-13: 48.52Good 2013-14: 50.94Good 2014-15: 54.16Good 2015-16: 52.42Good 2016-17: 51.59Good 2017-18: 50.94Good 2018-19: 45.49Good 2019-20: 51.23Good 2020-21: 48.92Good 2021-22: 50.77Very good 2011-12: 25.71Very good 2012-13: 25.4Very good 2013-14: 23.95Very good 2014-15: 24.28Very good 2015-16: 28.63Very good 2016-17: 30.71Very good 2017-18: 30.53Very good 2018-19: 31.77Very good 2019-20: 28.23Very good 2020-21: 23.23Very good 2021-22: 24.64

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 Gateshead.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 24.33Poor 2012-13: 23.64Poor 2013-14: 24.26Poor 2014-15: 25.1Poor 2015-16: 21.28Poor 2016-17: 20.98Poor 2017-18: 21.01Poor 2018-19: 21.45Poor 2019-20: 24.02Poor 2020-21: 24.33Poor 2021-22: 23.58Fair 2011-12: 17.21Fair 2012-13: 17.06Fair 2013-14: 17.53Fair 2014-15: 17.82Fair 2015-16: 16.47Fair 2016-17: 15.27Fair 2017-18: 19.29Fair 2018-19: 17.83Fair 2019-20: 19.09Fair 2020-21: 20.15Fair 2021-22: 17.39Good 2011-12: 21.32Good 2012-13: 19.11Good 2013-14: 22.01Good 2014-15: 23.19Good 2015-16: 22.08Good 2016-17: 23.46Good 2017-18: 22.88Good 2018-19: 21.85Good 2019-20: 20.26Good 2020-21: 24.3Good 2021-22: 21.79Very good 2011-12: 37.14Very good 2012-13: 40.19Very good 2013-14: 36.2Very good 2014-15: 33.89Very good 2015-16: 40.16Very good 2016-17: 40.29Very good 2017-18: 36.83Very good 2018-19: 38.87Very good 2019-20: 36.62Very good 2020-21: 31.22Very good 2021-22: 37.24