"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 Lancashire.

Key indicators

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

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 Lancashire.

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 Lancashire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 10.3Poor 2012-13: 9.76Poor 2013-14: 10Poor 2014-15: 8.84Poor 2015-16: 8.87Poor 2016-17: 8.45Poor 2017-18: 9.07Poor 2018-19: 6.71Poor 2019-20: 9.5Poor 2020-21: 6.96Poor 2021-22: 8.33Fair 2011-12: 18.64Fair 2012-13: 17.39Fair 2013-14: 17.67Fair 2014-15: 15.57Fair 2015-16: 14.96Fair 2016-17: 16.11Fair 2017-18: 16.55Fair 2018-19: 14.37Fair 2019-20: 15.2Fair 2020-21: 17.62Fair 2021-22: 17.53Good 2011-12: 38.09Good 2012-13: 37.95Good 2013-14: 38.82Good 2014-15: 39.63Good 2015-16: 42.87Good 2016-17: 38.95Good 2017-18: 39.82Good 2018-19: 42.86Good 2019-20: 39.99Good 2020-21: 43.13Good 2021-22: 39.34Very good 2011-12: 32.98Very good 2012-13: 34.9Very good 2013-14: 33.5Very good 2014-15: 35.95Very good 2015-16: 33.31Very good 2016-17: 36.49Very good 2017-18: 34.55Very good 2018-19: 36.06Very good 2019-20: 35.3Very good 2020-21: 32.3Very good 2021-22: 34.81

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 Lancashire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.29Poor 2012-13: 4.73Poor 2013-14: 4.92Poor 2014-15: 3.63Poor 2015-16: 3.73Poor 2016-17: 3.98Poor 2017-18: 2.58Poor 2018-19: 3.25Poor 2019-20: 3.57Poor 2020-21: 2.14Poor 2021-22: 4.72Fair 2011-12: 13.99Fair 2012-13: 13.57Fair 2013-14: 13.59Fair 2014-15: 11.58Fair 2015-16: 15.38Fair 2016-17: 11.63Fair 2017-18: 11.92Fair 2018-19: 11.69Fair 2019-20: 12.3Fair 2020-21: 10.45Fair 2021-22: 13.12Good 2011-12: 49.81Good 2012-13: 48.93Good 2013-14: 47.19Good 2014-15: 47.05Good 2015-16: 45.97Good 2016-17: 47.54Good 2017-18: 45.71Good 2018-19: 47.64Good 2019-20: 45.67Good 2020-21: 54.05Good 2021-22: 48.92Very good 2011-12: 31.92Very good 2012-13: 32.77Very good 2013-14: 34.3Very good 2014-15: 37.73Very good 2015-16: 34.92Very good 2016-17: 36.85Very good 2017-18: 39.78Very good 2018-19: 37.42Very good 2019-20: 38.46Very good 2020-21: 33.36Very good 2021-22: 33.25

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 Lancashire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.56Poor 2012-13: 6.27Poor 2013-14: 5.9Poor 2014-15: 4.55Poor 2015-16: 8.14Poor 2016-17: 5.48Poor 2017-18: 3.51Poor 2018-19: 3.99Poor 2019-20: 4.45Poor 2020-21: 4.6Poor 2021-22: 4.98Fair 2011-12: 16.39Fair 2012-13: 17.84Fair 2013-14: 15.67Fair 2014-15: 16.96Fair 2015-16: 16.41Fair 2016-17: 13.51Fair 2017-18: 12.02Fair 2018-19: 12.32Fair 2019-20: 15.69Fair 2020-21: 13.15Fair 2021-22: 15.2Good 2011-12: 50.57Good 2012-13: 47.31Good 2013-14: 49.96Good 2014-15: 46.58Good 2015-16: 47.21Good 2016-17: 51.11Good 2017-18: 53.18Good 2018-19: 51.03Good 2019-20: 48.51Good 2020-21: 54.71Good 2021-22: 49.66Very good 2011-12: 26.48Very good 2012-13: 28.58Very good 2013-14: 28.48Very good 2014-15: 31.92Very good 2015-16: 28.24Very good 2016-17: 29.9Very good 2017-18: 31.29Very good 2018-19: 32.65Very good 2019-20: 31.35Very good 2020-21: 27.55Very good 2021-22: 30.16

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 Lancashire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 21.79Poor 2012-13: 20.64Poor 2013-14: 20.89Poor 2014-15: 19.67Poor 2015-16: 20.88Poor 2016-17: 22.61Poor 2017-18: 21.74Poor 2018-19: 19.93Poor 2019-20: 21.4Poor 2020-21: 21.98Poor 2021-22: 24.42Fair 2011-12: 17.51Fair 2012-13: 15.77Fair 2013-14: 16.34Fair 2014-15: 14.29Fair 2015-16: 16.42Fair 2016-17: 13.25Fair 2017-18: 15.17Fair 2018-19: 14.01Fair 2019-20: 14.77Fair 2020-21: 15.38Fair 2021-22: 16.31Good 2011-12: 22.35Good 2012-13: 23.88Good 2013-14: 21.16Good 2014-15: 20.58Good 2015-16: 22.09Good 2016-17: 20.9Good 2017-18: 21.24Good 2018-19: 20.2Good 2019-20: 17.8Good 2020-21: 24.48Good 2021-22: 18.38Very good 2011-12: 38.35Very good 2012-13: 39.71Very good 2013-14: 41.6Very good 2014-15: 45.46Very good 2015-16: 40.6Very good 2016-17: 43.24Very good 2017-18: 41.85Very good 2018-19: 45.86Very good 2019-20: 46.03Very good 2020-21: 38.16Very good 2021-22: 40.89