"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 North Yorkshire.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of North Yorkshire.

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 North Yorkshire.

Dataset

School pupil characteristics
Total
State-funded nursery
State-funded primary
State-funded secondary
State-funded special school
State-funded alternative provision school
Year2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/23Percentage of students eligible010203040506070Total 201516: 7.6Total 201617: 7.7Total 201718: 8.6Total 201819: 10.4Total 201920: 12Total 202021: 14.8Total 202122: 16.2Total 202223: 17.6State-funded nursery 201516: 0State-funded nursery 201617: 0State-funded nursery 201718: 0State-funded nursery 201819: 0State-funded nursery 201920: 3.3State-funded nursery 202021: 2.9State-funded nursery 202122: 6.9State-funded nursery 202223: 1.7State-funded primary 201516: 7.8State-funded primary 201617: 8State-funded primary 201718: 9.1State-funded primary 201819: 11State-funded primary 201920: 12.8State-funded primary 202021: 15.9State-funded primary 202122: 16.9State-funded primary 202223: 17.8State-funded secondary 201516: 6.9State-funded secondary 201617: 6.7State-funded secondary 201718: 7.4State-funded secondary 201819: 8.9State-funded secondary 201920: 10.2State-funded secondary 202021: 12.5State-funded secondary 202122: 14.4State-funded secondary 202223: 16.4State-funded special school 201516: 27.8State-funded special school 201617: 28.3State-funded special school 201718: 28.2State-funded special school 201819: 33State-funded special school 201920: 34.1State-funded special school 202021: 39.5State-funded special school 202122: 39.8State-funded special school 202223: 42State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 25.3State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 34.6State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 38.2State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 38.5State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 44.9State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 53.7State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 50State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 46.7

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 North Yorkshire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 7.3Poor 2012-13: 9.7Poor 2013-14: 7.33Poor 2014-15: 7.99Poor 2015-16: 9.64Poor 2016-17: 7.74Poor 2017-18: 10.64Poor 2018-19: 6.98Poor 2019-20: 8.44Poor 2020-21: 8.54Poor 2021-22: 5.47Fair 2011-12: 17.21Fair 2012-13: 18.5Fair 2013-14: 15.34Fair 2014-15: 15.99Fair 2015-16: 13.6Fair 2016-17: 12.4Fair 2017-18: 14.49Fair 2018-19: 15.23Fair 2019-20: 14.88Fair 2020-21: 18.51Fair 2021-22: 17.15Good 2011-12: 39.99Good 2012-13: 38.32Good 2013-14: 39.2Good 2014-15: 40.58Good 2015-16: 38.54Good 2016-17: 39.01Good 2017-18: 38.6Good 2018-19: 40.4Good 2019-20: 38.69Good 2020-21: 40.84Good 2021-22: 40.29Very good 2011-12: 35.5Very good 2012-13: 33.48Very good 2013-14: 38.13Very good 2014-15: 35.44Very good 2015-16: 38.22Very good 2016-17: 40.84Very good 2017-18: 36.28Very good 2018-19: 37.39Very good 2019-20: 37.99Very good 2020-21: 32.11Very good 2021-22: 37.08

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 North Yorkshire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.1Poor 2012-13: 3.84Poor 2013-14: 3.94Poor 2014-15: 3.76Poor 2015-16: 3.32Poor 2016-17: 4.22Poor 2017-18: 4.01Poor 2018-19: 3.88Poor 2019-20: 3.76Poor 2020-21: 4Poor 2021-22: 3.17Fair 2011-12: 12.87Fair 2012-13: 12.9Fair 2013-14: 14.02Fair 2014-15: 12.97Fair 2015-16: 11.23Fair 2016-17: 9.44Fair 2017-18: 9.32Fair 2018-19: 10.78Fair 2019-20: 11.09Fair 2020-21: 14.04Fair 2021-22: 11.1Good 2011-12: 48.38Good 2012-13: 48.3Good 2013-14: 45.28Good 2014-15: 46.6Good 2015-16: 47.51Good 2016-17: 45.52Good 2017-18: 46.43Good 2018-19: 46.94Good 2019-20: 49Good 2020-21: 48.05Good 2021-22: 50.28Very good 2011-12: 34.64Very good 2012-13: 34.96Very good 2013-14: 36.76Very good 2014-15: 36.68Very good 2015-16: 37.93Very good 2016-17: 40.81Very good 2017-18: 40.24Very good 2018-19: 38.4Very good 2019-20: 36.15Very good 2020-21: 33.91Very good 2021-22: 35.45

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 North Yorkshire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.51Poor 2012-13: 4.25Poor 2013-14: 4.03Poor 2014-15: 4.78Poor 2015-16: 4.04Poor 2016-17: 5.58Poor 2017-18: 4.93Poor 2018-19: 3.53Poor 2019-20: 4.29Poor 2020-21: 5.58Poor 2021-22: 3.64Fair 2011-12: 14.47Fair 2012-13: 16.37Fair 2013-14: 11.29Fair 2014-15: 11.93Fair 2015-16: 11.06Fair 2016-17: 10.57Fair 2017-18: 11.34Fair 2018-19: 11.73Fair 2019-20: 12.19Fair 2020-21: 18.81Fair 2021-22: 12.98Good 2011-12: 47.04Good 2012-13: 49.71Good 2013-14: 54.26Good 2014-15: 51.39Good 2015-16: 49.18Good 2016-17: 47.48Good 2017-18: 50.13Good 2018-19: 48.08Good 2019-20: 50.11Good 2020-21: 53.32Good 2021-22: 52.11Very good 2011-12: 31.98Very good 2012-13: 29.67Very good 2013-14: 30.42Very good 2014-15: 31.9Very good 2015-16: 35.72Very good 2016-17: 36.38Very good 2017-18: 33.6Very good 2018-19: 36.65Very good 2019-20: 33.41Very good 2020-21: 22.3Very good 2021-22: 31.27

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 North Yorkshire.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 17.11Poor 2012-13: 17.59Poor 2013-14: 17.68Poor 2014-15: 18.33Poor 2015-16: 19.23Poor 2016-17: 17.31Poor 2017-18: 19.21Poor 2018-19: 18.25Poor 2019-20: 21.89Poor 2020-21: 20.44Poor 2021-22: 21.38Fair 2011-12: 17.73Fair 2012-13: 14.99Fair 2013-14: 12.46Fair 2014-15: 15.58Fair 2015-16: 16.26Fair 2016-17: 14.69Fair 2017-18: 14.34Fair 2018-19: 15.87Fair 2019-20: 16.25Fair 2020-21: 17.26Fair 2021-22: 14.34Good 2011-12: 24.83Good 2012-13: 23.59Good 2013-14: 23.22Good 2014-15: 22.15Good 2015-16: 17.37Good 2016-17: 21.98Good 2017-18: 22.09Good 2018-19: 18.38Good 2019-20: 21.78Good 2020-21: 24.92Good 2021-22: 21Very good 2011-12: 40.32Very good 2012-13: 43.83Very good 2013-14: 46.64Very good 2014-15: 43.94Very good 2015-16: 47.14Very good 2016-17: 46.02Very good 2017-18: 44.36Very good 2018-19: 47.51Very good 2019-20: 40.07Very good 2020-21: 37.38Very good 2021-22: 43.28