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Huddersfield · Kirklees local authority

Huddersfield is a town, not a statistical area: these figures are for Kirklees local authority as a whole (which includes Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Batley and surrounding towns). Treat them as the wider-area picture, not street-level results.

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0.5%

lower PM2.5 concentration than England.

Kirklees: 7.02 · England: 7.06 µg/m³

Modelled annual average. Numerical difference, not a significance claim.

Kirklees · 2024 · modelled average

Source: OHID Fingertips · #93867 · Population-weighted annual average; modelled.

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1.04×

the Year 6 obesity prevalence of Leeds.

Kirklees: 23.7% · Leeds: 22.8%

Children aged 10–11. Area prevalence, not personal risk. Significance not tested.

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, 10-11 yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90323

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62.4%

Adults meeting activity guidelines.

England: 68.0% · Worse

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, 19+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #93014

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46.9%

Children active an hour a day on average.

England: 49.1% · Similar

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, 5-16 yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #93570

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8.6%

Adults who currently smoke.

England: 9.5% · Similar

Kirklees · 2025 · Persons, 18+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #92443

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19.8%

Routine & manual workers who smoke.

England: 17.9% · Similar

Kirklees · 2023 – 25 · Persons, 18-64 yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #92445 · Three years pooled to give a bigger sample.

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82.8

Female life expectancy · years

England: 83.8 · Worse

Kirklees · 2025 · Female, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90366 · Value based on provisional mortality and population data

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79.0

Male life expectancy · years

England: 80.0 · Worse

Kirklees · 2025 · Male, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90366 · Value based on provisional mortality and population data

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57.8

Healthy years, men · years

England: 60.9 · Worse

Kirklees · 2022 – 24 · Male, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90362

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58.0

Healthy years, women · years

England: 61.3 · Similar

Kirklees · 2022 – 24 · Female, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90362

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12.5%

Reception children living with obesity.

England: 10.5% · Worse

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, 4-5 yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90319

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23.7%

Year 6 children living with obesity.

England: 22.2% · Worse

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, 10-11 yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90323

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5.3%

Deaths linked to particle pollution.

England: 5.3%

Kirklees · 2024 · Persons, 30+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #93861

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7.0

Fine particle pollution · µg/m³

England: 7.1

Kirklees · 2024 · modelled average

Source: OHID Fingertips · #93867 · Population-weighted annual average; modelled.

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15.8%

GP patients with diagnosed hypertension.

England: 15.2% · Higher than England

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #219

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8.6%

Adults estimated to have undiagnosed hypertension.

England: 8.6%

Kirklees · 2021 · Persons, 16+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #94111 · Modelled estimate from Health Survey for England, applied to 2021.

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3.2%

GP patients with coronary heart disease.

England: 3.0%

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #273

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122.8

Emergency heart-attack admissions vs England (=100).

England: 100.0 · Worse

Kirklees · 2016/17 – 20/21 · Persons, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #93232 · Five financial years pooled; selected archived release — now several years old.

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4.8%

Adults with moderate-to-severe kidney disease on record.

England: 4.6%

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, 18+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #258 · Stages G3a to G5 (moderate to severe) only.

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9.6

Estimated users per 1,000 people aged 15 to 64.

England: 8.5 · Worse

Kirklees · 2022/23 · Persons, 15-64 yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #91117 · Modelled estimate, published every few years.

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56.1

Age-standardised alcoholic liver disease admissions per 100,000.

England: 49.4 · Similar

Kirklees · 2022/23 · Persons, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90929

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12.9

Age-standardised alcoholic liver disease deaths before 75 per 100,000.

England: 11.4 · Similar

Kirklees · 2022 - 24 · Persons, <75 yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90861

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6.3

Age-standardised drug misuse deaths per 100,000 people per year.

Joint 63rd highest drug misuse death rate of 149 upper-tier authorities

England: 5.8

Kirklees · 2022 - 24 · Persons, All ages

Source: ONS · Deaths related to drug poisoning

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3.8%

Winter mortality index: winter deaths compared with adjacent non-winter months.

24th lowest winter-to-non-winter mortality index of 151 upper-tier authorities

England: 8.1% · Similar

Kirklees · Aug 2021 - Jul 2022 · Persons, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90360 · Latest local series; publication has been paused.

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393.7

New STI diagnoses per 100,000, excluding chlamydia in people aged 24 and under.

55th highest STI diagnosis rate of 153 upper-tier authorities

England: 441.2

Kirklees · 2025 · Persons, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #91306

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11.6

Age-standardised suicide deaths per 100,000 people aged 10+ per year.

61st highest suicide rate of 151 upper-tier authorities

England: 10.9 · Similar

Kirklees · 2022 - 24 · Persons, 10+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #41001

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7.22

Mean happiness score out of 10.

Joint 26th least happy of 149 upper-tier authorities

England: 7.38

Kirklees · 2022/23 · Persons, 16+ yrs

Source: ONS · Personal well-being estimates · Weighted survey estimate.

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3.48

Mean anxiety score out of 10.

Joint 31st highest anxiety score of 149 upper-tier authorities

England: 3.24

Kirklees · 2022/23 · Persons, 16+ yrs

Source: ONS · Personal well-being estimates · Weighted survey estimate.

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15.6%

GP patients aged 18+ recorded with depression.

55th highest recorded depression prevalence of 152 upper-tier authorities

England: 14.3%

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, 18+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #848

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9.5%

GP patients with diagnosed diabetes.

England: 7.9% · Higher than England

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, 17+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #241

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8.8%

Adults with type 2 diabetes, diagnosed and undiagnosed.

England: 7.8%

Kirklees · 2021 · Persons, 16+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #94192 · Modelled estimate including undiagnosed cases.

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7.6%

GP patients with asthma.

England: 6.6% · Higher than England

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, 6+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90933

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3.4

Age-standardised asthma deaths per 100,000 per year.

England: 2.1 · Worse

Kirklees · 2022 - 24 · Persons, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #93644

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2.0%

GP patients with COPD.

England: 1.9% · Higher than England

Kirklees · 2024/25 · Persons, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #253

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432.2

Age-standardised COPD admissions per 100,000 adults 35+.

England: 356.8 · Worse

Kirklees · 2023/24 · Persons, 35+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #92302

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25.8

IMD 2025 deprivation score (higher = more deprived).

70th most deprived of 296 district-level authorities

Also: 54th most deprived of 153 upper-tier authorities

England: 21.8

Kirklees · 2025 · Persons, All ages

Source: MHCLG · English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Population-weighted average of small-area scores.

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1018.8

Age-standardised deaths from all causes per 100,000 people per year.

49th highest death rate of 151 upper-tier authorities

England: 932.8 · Worse

Kirklees · 2023 - 25 · Persons, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #93823 · Value based on provisional mortality and population data

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