"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 East.

Key indicators

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

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 East.

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: 8.8Total 201617: 8.8Total 201718: 8.9Total 201819: 10.2Total 201920: 11.4Total 202021: 13.3Total 202122: 14.1Total 202223: 14.8State-funded nursery 201516: 2.6State-funded nursery 201617: 3.4State-funded nursery 201718: 3.8State-funded nursery 201819: 3.5State-funded nursery 201920: 3State-funded nursery 202021: 3.8State-funded nursery 202122: 3State-funded nursery 202223: 3.1State-funded primary 201516: 18.6State-funded primary 201617: 18.4State-funded primary 201718: 18.6State-funded primary 201819: 21.5State-funded primary 201920: 23.9State-funded primary 202021: 28.3State-funded primary 202122: 29.5State-funded primary 202223: 30.2State-funded secondary 201516: 15.6State-funded secondary 201617: 15.8State-funded secondary 201718: 15.8State-funded secondary 201819: 17.9State-funded secondary 201920: 20.3State-funded secondary 202021: 23.4State-funded secondary 202122: 25.6State-funded secondary 202223: 27.6State-funded special school 201516: 36.7State-funded special school 201617: 37.5State-funded special school 201718: 39.6State-funded special school 201819: 41.9State-funded special school 201920: 44.6State-funded special school 202021: 47.4State-funded special school 202122: 48.7State-funded special school 202223: 50.2State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 46.3State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 43.7State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 44.3State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 44.2State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 50.9State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 62.2State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 63.1State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 63.7

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 East.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 11.94Poor 2012-13: 12.29Poor 2013-14: 11.57Poor 2014-15: 10.66Poor 2015-16: 10.24Poor 2016-17: 8.73Poor 2017-18: 9.11Poor 2018-19: 9.71Poor 2019-20: 10.72Poor 2020-21: 10.1Poor 2021-22: 9.88Fair 2011-12: 18.77Fair 2012-13: 18Fair 2013-14: 17.06Fair 2014-15: 16.7Fair 2015-16: 17.46Fair 2016-17: 17.65Fair 2017-18: 17.3Fair 2018-19: 15.88Fair 2019-20: 18.72Fair 2020-21: 19.9Fair 2021-22: 17.48Good 2011-12: 38.75Good 2012-13: 38.77Good 2013-14: 38.91Good 2014-15: 39.3Good 2015-16: 39.23Good 2016-17: 40.27Good 2017-18: 38.33Good 2018-19: 37.84Good 2019-20: 37.52Good 2020-21: 39.63Good 2021-22: 40.29Very good 2011-12: 30.54Very good 2012-13: 30.94Very good 2013-14: 32.46Very good 2014-15: 33.34Very good 2015-16: 33.08Very good 2016-17: 33.35Very good 2017-18: 35.27Very good 2018-19: 36.57Very good 2019-20: 33.04Very good 2020-21: 30.37Very good 2021-22: 32.34

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 East.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.16Poor 2012-13: 5.4Poor 2013-14: 4.87Poor 2014-15: 4.7Poor 2015-16: 4.25Poor 2016-17: 4.22Poor 2017-18: 4.01Poor 2018-19: 4.54Poor 2019-20: 5.56Poor 2020-21: 5.61Poor 2021-22: 5.76Fair 2011-12: 15.76Fair 2012-13: 14.66Fair 2013-14: 14.43Fair 2014-15: 13.38Fair 2015-16: 13.58Fair 2016-17: 13.49Fair 2017-18: 12.99Fair 2018-19: 12.51Fair 2019-20: 13.2Fair 2020-21: 14.16Fair 2021-22: 12.44Good 2011-12: 47.86Good 2012-13: 48.89Good 2013-14: 47.5Good 2014-15: 48.88Good 2015-16: 47.94Good 2016-17: 48.23Good 2017-18: 46.47Good 2018-19: 44.49Good 2019-20: 45.76Good 2020-21: 47.27Good 2021-22: 49.04Very good 2011-12: 31.22Very good 2012-13: 31.05Very good 2013-14: 33.2Very good 2014-15: 33.04Very good 2015-16: 34.22Very good 2016-17: 34.06Very good 2017-18: 36.53Very good 2018-19: 38.47Very good 2019-20: 35.49Very good 2020-21: 32.96Very good 2021-22: 32.76

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 East.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.49Poor 2012-13: 6.73Poor 2013-14: 6.32Poor 2014-15: 5.96Poor 2015-16: 5.26Poor 2016-17: 5.11Poor 2017-18: 5Poor 2018-19: 5.39Poor 2019-20: 6.29Poor 2020-21: 6.96Poor 2021-22: 6.19Fair 2011-12: 18.11Fair 2012-13: 18.46Fair 2013-14: 16.65Fair 2014-15: 14.59Fair 2015-16: 14.7Fair 2016-17: 14.95Fair 2017-18: 13.98Fair 2018-19: 14.63Fair 2019-20: 15.08Fair 2020-21: 17.85Fair 2021-22: 15.54Good 2011-12: 48.09Good 2012-13: 48.47Good 2013-14: 49.42Good 2014-15: 50.68Good 2015-16: 50.93Good 2016-17: 50.92Good 2017-18: 50.6Good 2018-19: 48.01Good 2019-20: 49.98Good 2020-21: 49.9Good 2021-22: 52.18Very good 2011-12: 27.32Very good 2012-13: 26.34Very good 2013-14: 27.61Very good 2014-15: 28.77Very good 2015-16: 29.12Very good 2016-17: 29.02Very good 2017-18: 30.41Very good 2018-19: 31.97Very good 2019-20: 28.65Very good 2020-21: 25.3Very good 2021-22: 26.09

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 East.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 23.38Poor 2012-13: 22.39Poor 2013-14: 21.41Poor 2014-15: 22.06Poor 2015-16: 21.37Poor 2016-17: 19.8Poor 2017-18: 20.06Poor 2018-19: 20.18Poor 2019-20: 23.74Poor 2020-21: 25.12Poor 2021-22: 22.22Fair 2011-12: 18.24Fair 2012-13: 17.25Fair 2013-14: 16.9Fair 2014-15: 16.04Fair 2015-16: 16.21Fair 2016-17: 15.18Fair 2017-18: 16.33Fair 2018-19: 16.19Fair 2019-20: 16.7Fair 2020-21: 18.35Fair 2021-22: 17.32Good 2011-12: 21.23Good 2012-13: 20.12Good 2013-14: 20.98Good 2014-15: 21.46Good 2015-16: 23.18Good 2016-17: 24.29Good 2017-18: 23.85Good 2018-19: 20.81Good 2019-20: 20.36Good 2020-21: 20.82Good 2021-22: 22.75Very good 2011-12: 37.16Very good 2012-13: 40.24Very good 2013-14: 40.71Very good 2014-15: 40.45Very good 2015-16: 39.24Very good 2016-17: 40.73Very good 2017-18: 39.76Very good 2018-19: 42.82Very good 2019-20: 39.19Very good 2020-21: 35.71Very good 2021-22: 37.71