Local health, public health data for small geographic areas

Local health is a collection of health indicators presented for small geographical areas.

These indicators are for local authority public health analysts so they can assess and target inequalities in specific areas. Local health enables comparisons between small geographic areas to a larger one, for a single point in time, and is not designed for time trend analysis.

The data covers the following areas:

middle super output areas (MSOA)
electoral wards
local authorities
England as a whole

The indicators are related to:

population and demographic factors
wider determinants of health
health outcomes

For further technical guidance to geographic areas please go to the Office for National Statistics UK geographies page

For further technical guidance on on we apply statistical methods to small geographic areas please go to the public health methods page in Fingertips. The association of public health observatories (APHO) technical briefing 6 refers to small area geographies.

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Recent updates

December 2023:

National child measurement programme (NCMP) data for the following indicators will be updated with data for the financial year ending 2022 to the financial year ending 2022:

Reception: prevalence of obesity (including severe obesity)
Reception: prevalence of overweight (including obesity)
Year 6: prevalence of obesity (including severe obesity)
Year 6: prevalence of overweight (including obesity)

Next data and boundary update:

Please note that we have not been able to do a 2023 update to local health as the majority of indicators rely on the small area population estimates produced by the office for national statistics (ONS).

ONS has had a delay in publishing the new small area population estimates and the revised back series we would need to update our indicators.

At the moment ONS is provisionally saying the population estimates will be published in spring 2024, please note this provisional date may alter. Once the estimates are published we will commence an indicator and boundary update as soon as possible.

Recent updates

December 2023:

National child measurement programme (NCMP) data for the following indicators will be updated with data for the financial year ending 2022 to the financial year ending 2022:

Reception: prevalence of obesity (including severe obesity)
Reception: prevalence of overweight (including obesity)
Year 6: prevalence of obesity (including severe obesity)
Year 6: prevalence of overweight (including obesity)

Next data and boundary update:

ONS has had a delay in publishing the new small area population estimates and the revised back series we would need to update our indicators.

Local health, public health data for small geographic areas

Local health, public health data for small geographic areas

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