Official Statistics

Health and Wellbeing Statistics for Rural England

Name: Health and Wellbeing Statistics for Rural England
Creator: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published: 2023-03-14T00:00:00+00:00

Health and Wellbeing Statistics for Rural England - June 2026

From:

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Published:

14 March 2023

Last updated:

24 June 2026

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24 June 2026
Published today, latest rural statistics on ‘Health outcomes’ (previously named ‘Life expectancy and Mortality’), ‘NHS Dentistry’, and ‘NHS General Practice’ from the Health and Wellbeing report.
10 September 2025
Published today, latest Rural statistics on 'Volunteering and charity' in the Health and Wellbeing report.
12 November 2024
Published today, latest Rural statistics on NHS Dentistry provision and General Practices in the Health and Wellbeing report.
10 September 2024
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Life Expectancy and Mortality, and Wellbeing.
12 March 2024
Published today, latest Rural statistics on GPs in the Health and Wellbeing report.
12 December 2023
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Childcare provision in the Health and Wellbeing report.
17 October 2023
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Suicide rates, NHS dentistry provision, General Practices, Loneliness, and Volunteering and charity.
13 June 2023
Published today, latest rural statistics on wellbeing and life expectancy (PYLL - potential years of life lost).
14 March 2023
First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Statistical Digest of Rural England - Health and Wellbeing

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Health and Wellbeing Supplementary Data Tables

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Statistical Digest of Rural England - Health and Wellbeing

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Details

A compendium of health and wellbeing statistics for rural and urban areas in England.

The June 2026 release of the Digest includes analysis updates for the following topics within this theme:

Section A. Health outcomes (previously named ‘Life expectancy and Mortality’)
Section C. NHS Dentistry
Section D. NHS General Practice

The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the Rural-Urban Classification categories. The Local Authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in the Digest, at a Local Authority level where feasible.

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