"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 Yorkshire and The Humber.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Yorkshire and The Humber.

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 Yorkshire and The Humber.

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: 7.4Total 201617: 7.5Total 201718: 7.4Total 201819: 8.4Total 201920: 9.4Total 202021: 11.1Total 202122: 11.9Total 202223: 12.5State-funded nursery 201516: 0.1State-funded nursery 201617: 0.2State-funded nursery 201718: 0.3State-funded nursery 201819: 1.1State-funded nursery 201920: 0.6State-funded nursery 202021: 0.7State-funded nursery 202122: 1.5State-funded nursery 202223: 1.7State-funded primary 201516: 15.3State-funded primary 201617: 15.5State-funded primary 201718: 15.3State-funded primary 201819: 17.2State-funded primary 201920: 19.2State-funded primary 202021: 23.1State-funded primary 202122: 24.5State-funded primary 202223: 25.3State-funded secondary 201516: 13.6State-funded secondary 201617: 13.9State-funded secondary 201718: 13.8State-funded secondary 201819: 15.4State-funded secondary 201920: 17.5State-funded secondary 202021: 20.4State-funded secondary 202122: 22.5State-funded secondary 202223: 24.2State-funded special school 201516: 33.1State-funded special school 201617: 33.3State-funded special school 201718: 32.3State-funded special school 201819: 34.3State-funded special school 201920: 35.9State-funded special school 202021: 38.7State-funded special school 202122: 40.1State-funded special school 202223: 41.3State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 45.1State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 45.6State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 42.4State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 48State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 51State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 57.7State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 60.6State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 63.5

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 Yorkshire and The Humber.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 11.56Poor 2012-13: 10.78Poor 2013-14: 10.67Poor 2014-15: 10.2Poor 2015-16: 9.92Poor 2016-17: 9.48Poor 2017-18: 9.06Poor 2018-19: 9.41Poor 2019-20: 9.78Poor 2020-21: 10.33Poor 2021-22: 7.88Fair 2011-12: 17.91Fair 2012-13: 18.95Fair 2013-14: 17.01Fair 2014-15: 16.65Fair 2015-16: 16.01Fair 2016-17: 16.58Fair 2017-18: 16.31Fair 2018-19: 16.37Fair 2019-20: 16.28Fair 2020-21: 19.67Fair 2021-22: 17.31Good 2011-12: 38.33Good 2012-13: 38.44Good 2013-14: 38.38Good 2014-15: 38.51Good 2015-16: 39Good 2016-17: 37.85Good 2017-18: 39.93Good 2018-19: 38.66Good 2019-20: 39.03Good 2020-21: 40.96Good 2021-22: 41.56Very good 2011-12: 32.2Very good 2012-13: 31.82Very good 2013-14: 33.94Very good 2014-15: 34.63Very good 2015-16: 35.07Very good 2016-17: 36.08Very good 2017-18: 34.7Very good 2018-19: 35.56Very good 2019-20: 34.91Very good 2020-21: 29.05Very good 2021-22: 33.26

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 Yorkshire and The Humber.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.82Poor 2012-13: 4.62Poor 2013-14: 4.61Poor 2014-15: 4.26Poor 2015-16: 3.93Poor 2016-17: 4.21Poor 2017-18: 4.02Poor 2018-19: 4.34Poor 2019-20: 4.37Poor 2020-21: 4.91Poor 2021-22: 3.98Fair 2011-12: 15.12Fair 2012-13: 15.08Fair 2013-14: 14.64Fair 2014-15: 12.97Fair 2015-16: 12.49Fair 2016-17: 11.66Fair 2017-18: 11.85Fair 2018-19: 12.42Fair 2019-20: 12.63Fair 2020-21: 14.65Fair 2021-22: 11.8Good 2011-12: 47.51Good 2012-13: 47.57Good 2013-14: 47.17Good 2014-15: 47.02Good 2015-16: 47.93Good 2016-17: 47.66Good 2017-18: 46.9Good 2018-19: 45.69Good 2019-20: 47.45Good 2020-21: 48.81Good 2021-22: 50.61Very good 2011-12: 32.55Very good 2012-13: 32.74Very good 2013-14: 33.58Very good 2014-15: 35.75Very good 2015-16: 35.66Very good 2016-17: 36.47Very good 2017-18: 37.23Very good 2018-19: 37.55Very good 2019-20: 35.55Very good 2020-21: 31.62Very good 2021-22: 33.61

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 Yorkshire and The Humber.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 7.1Poor 2012-13: 6.28Poor 2013-14: 6.05Poor 2014-15: 5.59Poor 2015-16: 4.77Poor 2016-17: 5.07Poor 2017-18: 4.92Poor 2018-19: 5.11Poor 2019-20: 4.92Poor 2020-21: 6.58Poor 2021-22: 5.07Fair 2011-12: 17.6Fair 2012-13: 17.05Fair 2013-14: 15.44Fair 2014-15: 14.93Fair 2015-16: 14.52Fair 2016-17: 13.16Fair 2017-18: 13.61Fair 2018-19: 13.75Fair 2019-20: 14.83Fair 2020-21: 18.91Fair 2021-22: 14.54Good 2011-12: 48.73Good 2012-13: 49.87Good 2013-14: 50.92Good 2014-15: 51.24Good 2015-16: 50.48Good 2016-17: 50.31Good 2017-18: 51.26Good 2018-19: 49.28Good 2019-20: 50.75Good 2020-21: 52.77Good 2021-22: 54.06Very good 2011-12: 26.56Very good 2012-13: 26.79Very good 2013-14: 27.6Very good 2014-15: 28.23Very good 2015-16: 30.23Very good 2016-17: 31.46Very good 2017-18: 30.22Very good 2018-19: 31.86Very good 2019-20: 29.5Very good 2020-21: 21.75Very good 2021-22: 26.34

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 Yorkshire and The Humber.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 21.53Poor 2012-13: 21.34Poor 2013-14: 21.44Poor 2014-15: 21.26Poor 2015-16: 21.52Poor 2016-17: 21.17Poor 2017-18: 21.18Poor 2018-19: 20.57Poor 2019-20: 22.06Poor 2020-21: 24.88Poor 2021-22: 22.3Fair 2011-12: 17.78Fair 2012-13: 17.66Fair 2013-14: 16.43Fair 2014-15: 16.46Fair 2015-16: 15.98Fair 2016-17: 16.86Fair 2017-18: 15.33Fair 2018-19: 16.33Fair 2019-20: 17.15Fair 2020-21: 19.01Fair 2021-22: 18.12Good 2011-12: 22.6Good 2012-13: 21.8Good 2013-14: 21.6Good 2014-15: 21.55Good 2015-16: 20.65Good 2016-17: 21.26Good 2017-18: 22.45Good 2018-19: 22.09Good 2019-20: 22.33Good 2020-21: 23.3Good 2021-22: 23.31Very good 2011-12: 38.09Very good 2012-13: 39.2Very good 2013-14: 40.52Very good 2014-15: 40.73Very good 2015-16: 41.85Very good 2016-17: 40.71Very good 2017-18: 41.04Very good 2018-19: 41.02Very good 2019-20: 38.46Very good 2020-21: 32.81Very good 2021-22: 36.27