Health trends in England: May 2024
This report presents trends in data on the health of people in England. Themes covered include risk factors, disease prevalence and outcomes.
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The report published on this page, Health trends in England, presents information about the health of people in England and how this has changed over time. Data is presented for England and English regions.
It has been developed by the Department of Health and Social Care and is intended to summarise information and provide an accessible overview for the public. Topics included have been chosen to include a broad range of conditions, health outcomes and risk factors for poor health and wellbeing. These topics will continue to be reviewed to ensure they remain relevant. A headline indicator is presented for each topic on the overview page, with further measures presented on a detailed page for each topic.
All indicators in health trends in England are taken from a large public health data collection called Fingertips. Indicators in Fingertips come from a number of different sources. Fingertips indicators have been chosen to show the main trends for outcomes relating to the topics presented.
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