Statistics at OHID
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) collects and publishes statistics on public health topics.
See published OHID official statistics on GOV.UK.
See our planned official statistics releases on the statistics release calendar.
Our official statistics publications
OHID publishes these releases as official statistics:
General public health
- Health trends in England
- Local health
- Public health outcomes framework (PHOF)
- Productive healthy ageing
- Wider determinants of health
- Vision profile
Abortion
- Abortion statistics in England and Wales
- Complications from abortions in England
- Sex ratios at birth: statistics
Alcohol, tobacco and drug use
- Adult smoking habits in the UK (published in collaboration with the Office for National Statistics (ONS))
- Alcohol and drug misuse and treatment statistics
- Local alcohol profiles for England (LAPE)
- Local tobacco control profiles for England
- Pathways between probation and addiction treatment in England
Cardiovascular disease
Child and maternal health
- Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth (experimental statistics)
- Child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years metrics
- Child education: 2023 update
- Child health profiles
- Early years profiles
- Healthy pregnancy indicators
- Health visitor service delivery metrics
- Height by deprivation decile in children aged 10 to 11
- Indicators related to under 18 conceptions, pregnancy and birth: 2023 update
- Pregnancy and birth profiles
- Reproductive health: 2023 update
- School-age children profiles
- Young people profiles
Chronic disease
- Liver disease profiles
- Musculoskeletal diseases profiles
- Musculoskeletal health: trends, risk factors and disparities in England, November 2022
COVID-19
- COVID-19 health inequalities monitoring in England tool (CHIME)
- Excess mortality in England and English regions
- Wider impacts of COVID-19 on health monitoring tool
Dental health
- Adult oral health survey 2021
- Hospital tooth extractions of 0 to 19 year olds 2022
- Hospital tooth extractions in 0 to 19 year olds: 2023
- Oral health survey of 5 year old children 2022
- Oral health survey of children in year 6, 2023
- The impact of COVID-19 on access to dental care
Diet, obesity and physical activity
- Adult tier 2 weight management services provisional data for April 2021 to December 2022 (experimental statistics)
- Analysis of NCMP data using WHO growth standards: 2021 to 2022
- Changes in the weight status of children between the first and final years of primary school
- Child obesity and excess weight: small area level data June 2021 update
- National child measurement programme (NCMP): changes in child BMI between 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021
- National child measurement programme (NCMP) and child obesity profiles
- National child measurement programme (NCMP): trends in child BMI between 2006 to 2007 and 2018 to 2019
- National diet and nutrition survey
- NHS Health Check
- Obesity profile
- Obesity profile: update of adult and child obesity slide packs February 2023
- Physical activity data tool
End-of-life care
Health inequalities
Mental health
- Children living with parents in emotional distress
- Dementia profile
- Near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England
- Suicide prevention profile
- Severe mental illness (SMI) profile
Mortality surveillance
Primary care
Respiratory diseases
Ad hoc statistical publications
OHID analysts undertake one-off statistical analyses that are not part of our regular official statistics releases. The findings from these ad hoc analyses may have been used in briefings, consultations or press and ministerial statements.
Upcoming ad hoc statistical publications
We will publish details of any upcoming ad hoc statistical publications here.
Published ad hoc statistical publications
We have published these ad hoc statistical publications.
OHID was formed on 1 October 2021. Ad hoc publications released prior to this date were from Public Health England (PHE).
What are official statistics?
Official statistics are data published by the government that comply with the code of practice for official statistics. They only include statistics that are published on a repeated and regular basis, as opposed to one-off publications.
Who produces official statistics
The majority of official statistics are produced by statisticians operating under the umbrella of the Government Statistical Service (GSS), working in either the ONS, in UK government departments and agencies, or in one of the 3 devolved administrations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Why they were developed
The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 was developed to increase transparency and improve public trust in government, ensuring official statistics are impartial and free from political influence.
When they are published
Publication dates for official statistics must be announced at least a month before release.
Only those involved in producing or quality-assuring the statistics have access to the figures in advance of publication. For most official statistics releases there is a pre-release access list where a small number of people in the organisation and wider government can see the statistics 24 hours in advance of publication. This list is limited to officials who might be expected to respond to the figures immediately after release but not in order to influence the content or the publication date.
Official statistics are published at 9:30am on the day of publication. Sharing materials with the media in advance of publication is not permitted.
Where they are published
Official statistics are published on GOV.UK. Statistics releases are pre-announced on the statistics release calendar which includes links to previously published statistics.
An up-to-date list of all official statistics produced across government can be found on the National Statistics Authority website.
Our official statistics compliance documents
OHID produces national and official statistics in line with the statutory and other arrangements described in the guidance on how national and official statistics are assured. We follow the code of practice for official statistics.
See information on the standards for official statistics published by DHSC, including a statement on revision policy.