Local Health. Public Health Data for small geographic areas

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

It is primarily aimed at Local Authority Public Health Analysts for assessing "in area" inequalities but it is available for anyone to use
By presenting data for small areas, Local Health provides evidence of inequalities within local areas. It supports targeted interventions to reduce such inequalities
Local Health contains indicators related to Population and demographic factors; Wider determinants of health, and Health outcomes
It presents data for middle super output areas (MSOA), electoral wards, local authorities, and England as a whole
This profile is designed for you to compare a small area to a larger one, for one time point, this is not designed for time trend analysis

Geographical Information System (GIS) Version of Local Health

This fingertips profile uses data from Local Health, an existing Office for Health Improvements and Disparities (OHID Geographical Information System (GIS) data tool.

The Local Health GIS tool version includes additional GIS features and functionality to create reports and bespoke area geographies.

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Please send feedback on Local Health to the Population Health Analysis team at The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities using this email link PHA-OHID@dhsc.gov.uk

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), 3 years data combined
Reception: Prevalence of overweight (including obesity), 3 years data combined
Year 6: Prevalence of obesity (including severe obesity), 3 years data combined
Year 6: Prevalence of overweight (including obesity), 3 years data combined

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 March / April 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), 3 years data combined
Reception: Prevalence of overweight (including obesity), 3 years data combined
Year 6: Prevalence of obesity (including severe obesity), 3 years data combined
Year 6: Prevalence of overweight (including obesity), 3 years data combined

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

Geographical Information System (GIS) Version of Local Health

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