National statistics
Health Survey for England, 2021
Survey of adults and children in private households, reporting prevalence of health related behaviours and health status and conditions.
Documents
Details
The surveys provide regular information that cannot be obtained from other sources on a range of aspects concerning the public’s health. The surveys have been carried out since 1994 by the Joint Health Surveys Unit of NatCen Social Research and the Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at UCL. The topics covered include obesity and overweight, smoking; alcohol, general health; long-standing illness; fruit and vegetable consumption; the prevalence of diabetes (doctor diagnosed and undiagnosed), hypertension (treated and untreated) and cardio-vascular disease and prevalence of chronic pain.
Published 15 December 2022