The Health of the region data explorer is classified as official statistics.

This interactive resource brings together a regional and local authority view of the latest annual public health data and indicators. The report draws on published data alongside context and interpretation covering a wide range of public health topics, including:

• life expectancy
• mortality and burden of disease
• wider determinants of health
• best start in life
• risk factor and disease prevalence
• healthy ageing

The data explorer was developed to support regional and place-based decision making, prioritisation and joint strategic needs assessments. This explorer focuses on comparing current data between different regions and local areas and complements the Health trends in England report, which shows how health indicators have changed over time. It provides a snapshot of the latest public health indicators at regional and local authority level, bringing together wider context and narrative to support interpretation of data for leaders and teams working in public health and NHS settings including:

• NHS England
• integrated care boards (ICBs)
• local authorities
• academia
• emergency services
• voluntary sector organisations

The explorer was developed by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). It presents findings from data available on:

• https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/">OHID Public health profiles
• https://analytics.phe.gov.uk/apps/segment-tool/">OHID Segment tool
• https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/">nomis
• https://www.healthdata.org/data-tools-practices/interactive-visuals/gbd-compare">Global Burden of Disease (GBD)

The Segment tool will be updated on 12 November 2025.

If you have any comments, questions or feedback, contact us at lkis@dhsc.gov.uk. Use ‘Health of the region data explorer’ as the email subject.

Health Index scores at national, regional, and upper- and lower-tier local authority level for England, including indicator details to construct the Index.

UK healthcare expenditure data by financing scheme, function and provider, and additional analyses produced to internationally standardised definitions.

This publication series presents or signposts to a range of information relating to a range of Public Health Statistics on Alcohol, Drug Misuse, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Smoking.

Age-standardised rates based on data from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS), 2019 to 2020, for the UK by sex and country.

Data sources: England & Wales - Office for National Statistics (ONS)Scotland - National Records of Scotland (NRS)Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)Coverage: United Kingdom The boundaries used have been generalised using a point remove algorithm for web display using the following thresholds:Euro Regions - 250 metres Local Authorities - 150 metres Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) - 100 metres Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) - 75 metres Output Area (OA) - 50 metres The boundaries have been set to display at the following scale thresholds: Euro Regions - > 1:4,000,000 Local Authorities - 1:300,000 – 1:4,000,000 Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) - 1:100,000 – 1:300,000 Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) - 1:40,000 – 1:100,000 Output Area (OA) - < 1:40,000The currency of this data is 2011.

According to a survey carried out in the United Kingdom in 2023, almost ** percent of the public trusted their health data to be handled securely by GP practices and NHS hospitals and clinics. The least trusted types of organizations in the UK were the local and national governments, followed by health technology companies.

The tables provide data on contraceptive activity taking place at dedicated Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services in England, as recorded in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset (SRHAD), a mandated collection for all providers of NHS SRH services. A limited amount of data is presented from other sources; sterilisations and vasectomies in NHS hospitals and contraceptives dispensed in the community.

This report presents findings on the health and health-related behaviours of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGB) population in England. These are analysed by age, sex and ethnicity. The data are based on a representative sample of adults, aged 16 and over, who participated in the Health Survey for England from 2011–2018. 2% of adults surveyed in 2011-2018 identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) The Health Survey for England series was designed to monitor trends in the health, and health related behaviours, of adults and children in England.

Healthcare expenditure statistics, produced to the international definitions of the System of Health Accounts 2011.

Subcategories may not sum to aggregates due to rounding.

Insights into general health in England and Wales in 2021, broken down by age and sex and presented at country, regional and local authority level. Additional analyses compare general health with the 2011 Census and examine the relationship between deprivation and health at a national decile (England) or quintile (Wales) level.

Experiences of local GP services, NHS treatment waiting lists, community health services, dentistry and pharmacy services, analysing data from the Health Insight Survey commissioned by NHS England. These are official statistics in development.

Pivot table for healthy life expectancy by sex and area type, divided by three-year intervals starting from 2011 to 2013.

The Health Index is an Experimental Statistic to measure a broad definition of health, in a way that can be tracked over time and compared between different areas. These data are the provisional results of the Health Index for upper-tier local authorities in England, 2015 to 2018, to illustrate the type of analysis the Health Index can enable.

Provides a reference for the comparison of key figures between the constituent countries, and between the UK as a whole and other nation states. Source agency: Office for National Statistics Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: United Kingdom Health Statistics