"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 Cumbria.

Key indicators

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

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 Cumbria.

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 Cumbria.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 7.1Poor 2012-13: 9.24Poor 2013-14: 9.93Poor 2014-15: 7.93Poor 2015-16: 7.94Poor 2016-17: 6.86Poor 2017-18: 7.23Poor 2018-19: 10.59Poor 2019-20: 7.45Poor 2020-21: 10.89Poor 2021-22: 7.66Fair 2011-12: 19.12Fair 2012-13: 20.05Fair 2013-14: 15.67Fair 2014-15: 17.21Fair 2015-16: 15.55Fair 2016-17: 15.23Fair 2017-18: 17.3Fair 2018-19: 15.62Fair 2019-20: 18.4Fair 2020-21: 16.13Fair 2021-22: 15.39Good 2011-12: 40.2Good 2012-13: 39.98Good 2013-14: 41.31Good 2014-15: 37.08Good 2015-16: 40.93Good 2016-17: 40.26Good 2017-18: 39.39Good 2018-19: 31.73Good 2019-20: 38.72Good 2020-21: 41.45Good 2021-22: 42.03Very good 2011-12: 33.59Very good 2012-13: 30.73Very good 2013-14: 33.08Very good 2014-15: 37.78Very good 2015-16: 35.59Very good 2016-17: 37.66Very good 2017-18: 36.09Very good 2018-19: 42.07Very good 2019-20: 35.43Very good 2020-21: 31.52Very good 2021-22: 34.92

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 Cumbria.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 2.92Poor 2012-13: 4.14Poor 2013-14: 3.03Poor 2014-15: 3.06Poor 2015-16: 3.37Poor 2016-17: 3.45Poor 2017-18: 3.67Poor 2018-19: 2.52Poor 2019-20: 3.89Poor 2020-21: 3.78Poor 2021-22: 6.33Fair 2011-12: 15.03Fair 2012-13: 12.26Fair 2013-14: 11.62Fair 2014-15: 10.07Fair 2015-16: 11.09Fair 2016-17: 10.33Fair 2017-18: 12.89Fair 2018-19: 14.75Fair 2019-20: 12.16Fair 2020-21: 13.85Fair 2021-22: 12.26Good 2011-12: 48.49Good 2012-13: 52.88Good 2013-14: 47.23Good 2014-15: 46.96Good 2015-16: 47.14Good 2016-17: 47.4Good 2017-18: 47.94Good 2018-19: 45.62Good 2019-20: 47.22Good 2020-21: 48.08Good 2021-22: 48.44Very good 2011-12: 33.56Very good 2012-13: 30.72Very good 2013-14: 38.13Very good 2014-15: 39.91Very good 2015-16: 38.4Very good 2016-17: 38.82Very good 2017-18: 35.5Very good 2018-19: 37.11Very good 2019-20: 36.74Very good 2020-21: 34.29Very good 2021-22: 32.97

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 Cumbria.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.15Poor 2012-13: 3.59Poor 2013-14: 4.21Poor 2014-15: 4.2Poor 2015-16: 4.9Poor 2016-17: 4.25Poor 2017-18: 4.28Poor 2018-19: 4.02Poor 2019-20: 3.53Poor 2020-21: 5.89Poor 2021-22: 4.94Fair 2011-12: 17.03Fair 2012-13: 15.86Fair 2013-14: 14.73Fair 2014-15: 12.34Fair 2015-16: 13.39Fair 2016-17: 12.58Fair 2017-18: 12.47Fair 2018-19: 12.69Fair 2019-20: 14.37Fair 2020-21: 18.05Fair 2021-22: 15.37Good 2011-12: 47.15Good 2012-13: 50.72Good 2013-14: 50.07Good 2014-15: 46.5Good 2015-16: 48.18Good 2016-17: 48.74Good 2017-18: 49.28Good 2018-19: 48.48Good 2019-20: 46.01Good 2020-21: 49.09Good 2021-22: 50.38Very good 2011-12: 31.67Very good 2012-13: 29.83Very good 2013-14: 30.99Very good 2014-15: 36.96Very good 2015-16: 33.53Very good 2016-17: 34.44Very good 2017-18: 33.97Very good 2018-19: 34.81Very good 2019-20: 36.09Very good 2020-21: 26.97Very good 2021-22: 29.3

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 Cumbria.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 18.2Poor 2012-13: 21.96Poor 2013-14: 17.08Poor 2014-15: 20.86Poor 2015-16: 18.35Poor 2016-17: 17.7Poor 2017-18: 19.02Poor 2018-19: 16.06Poor 2019-20: 22.6Poor 2020-21: 26.29Poor 2021-22: 21.78Fair 2011-12: 17.42Fair 2012-13: 18.7Fair 2013-14: 16.61Fair 2014-15: 16Fair 2015-16: 16.86Fair 2016-17: 15.02Fair 2017-18: 16.67Fair 2018-19: 14.59Fair 2019-20: 16.57Fair 2020-21: 15.44Fair 2021-22: 17.12Good 2011-12: 24.85Good 2012-13: 23.72Good 2013-14: 23.25Good 2014-15: 20.63Good 2015-16: 21.82Good 2016-17: 24.26Good 2017-18: 21.63Good 2018-19: 24.13Good 2019-20: 19.68Good 2020-21: 23.39Good 2021-22: 24.19Very good 2011-12: 39.53Very good 2012-13: 35.62Very good 2013-14: 43.06Very good 2014-15: 42.51Very good 2015-16: 42.97Very good 2016-17: 43.02Very good 2017-18: 42.69Very good 2018-19: 45.23Very good 2019-20: 41.15Very good 2020-21: 34.88Very good 2021-22: 36.91