Wakefield local authority · E08000036
37 cards. Your local health picture.
1.2%
higher PM2.5 concentration than England.
Wakefield: 7.14 · England: 7.06 µg/m³
Modelled annual average. Numerical difference, not a significance claim.
Wakefield · 2024 · modelled average
Source: OHID Fingertips · #93867 · Population-weighted annual average; modelled.
1.05×
the Year 6 obesity prevalence of Leeds.
Wakefield: 23.9% · Leeds: 22.8%
Children aged 10–11. Area prevalence, not personal risk. Significance not tested.
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 10-11 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90323
65.7%
Adults meeting activity guidelines.
England: 68.0% · Similar
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 19+ yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #93014
57.5%
Children active an hour a day on average.
England: 49.1% · Better
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 5-16 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #93570
12.5%
Adults who currently smoke.
England: 9.5% · Worse
Wakefield · 2025 · Persons, 18+ yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #92443
19.7%
Routine & manual workers who smoke.
England: 17.9% · Similar
Wakefield · 2023 – 25 · Persons, 18-64 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #92445 · Three years pooled to give a bigger sample.
82.2
Female life expectancy · years
England: 83.8 · Worse
Wakefield · 2025 · Female, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90366 · Value based on provisional mortality and population data
77.7
Male life expectancy · years
England: 80.0 · Worse
Wakefield · 2025 · Male, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90366 · Value based on provisional mortality and population data
54.0
Healthy years, men · years
England: 60.9 · Worse
Wakefield · 2022 – 24 · Male, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90362
53.8
Healthy years, women · years
England: 61.3 · Worse
Wakefield · 2022 – 24 · Female, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90362
11.9%
Reception children living with obesity.
England: 10.5% · Worse
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 4-5 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90319
23.9%
Year 6 children living with obesity.
England: 22.2% · Worse
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 10-11 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90323
5.4%
Deaths linked to particle pollution.
England: 5.3%
Wakefield · 2024 · Persons, 30+ yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #93861
7.1
Fine particle pollution · µg/m³
England: 7.1
Wakefield · 2024 · modelled average
Source: OHID Fingertips · #93867 · Population-weighted annual average; modelled.
17.3%
GP patients with diagnosed hypertension.
England: 15.2% · Higher than England
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #219
8.8%
Adults estimated to have undiagnosed hypertension.
England: 8.6%
Wakefield · 2021 · Persons, 16+ yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #94111 · Modelled estimate from Health Survey for England, applied to 2021.
3.3%
GP patients with coronary heart disease.
England: 3.0%
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #273
123.2
Emergency heart-attack admissions vs England (=100).
England: 100.0 · Worse
Wakefield · 2016/17 – 20/21 · Persons, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #93232 · Five financial years pooled; selected archived release — now several years old.
5.2%
Adults with moderate-to-severe kidney disease on record.
England: 4.6%
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 18+ yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #258 · Stages G3a to G5 (moderate to severe) only.
12.0
Estimated users per 1,000 people aged 15 to 64.
England: 8.5 · Worse
Wakefield · 2022/23 · Persons, 15-64 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #91117 · Modelled estimate, published every few years.
47.7
Age-standardised alcoholic liver disease admissions per 100,000.
England: 49.4 · Similar
Wakefield · 2022/23 · Persons, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90929
14.5
Age-standardised alcoholic liver disease deaths before 75 per 100,000.
England: 11.4 · Worse
Wakefield · 2022 - 24 · Persons, <75 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90861
10.6
Age-standardised drug misuse deaths per 100,000 people per year.
14th highest drug misuse death rate of 149 upper-tier authorities
England: 5.8
Wakefield · 2022 - 24 · Persons, All ages
Source: ONS · Deaths related to drug poisoning
3.5%
Winter mortality index: winter deaths compared with adjacent non-winter months.
Joint 21st lowest winter-to-non-winter mortality index of 151 upper-tier authorities
England: 8.1% · Similar
Wakefield · Aug 2021 - Jul 2022 · Persons, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90360 · Latest local series; publication has been paused.
255.9
New STI diagnoses per 100,000, excluding chlamydia in people aged 24 and under.
37th lowest STI diagnosis rate of 153 upper-tier authorities
England: 441.2
Wakefield · 2025 · Persons, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #91306
15.7
Age-standardised suicide deaths per 100,000 people aged 10+ per year.
12th highest suicide rate of 151 upper-tier authorities
England: 10.9 · Worse
Wakefield · 2022 - 24 · Persons, 10+ yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #41001
7.17
Mean happiness score out of 10.
Joint 19th least happy of 149 upper-tier authorities
England: 7.38
Wakefield · 2022/23 · Persons, 16+ yrs
Source: ONS · Personal well-being estimates · Weighted survey estimate.
3.35
Mean anxiety score out of 10.
Joint 65th highest anxiety score of 149 upper-tier authorities
England: 3.24
Wakefield · 2022/23 · Persons, 16+ yrs
Source: ONS · Personal well-being estimates · Weighted survey estimate.
15.6%
GP patients aged 18+ recorded with depression.
56th highest recorded depression prevalence of 152 upper-tier authorities
England: 14.3%
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 18+ yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #848
8.8%
GP patients with diagnosed diabetes.
England: 7.9% · Higher than England
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 17+ yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #241
8.1%
Adults with type 2 diabetes, diagnosed and undiagnosed.
England: 7.8%
Wakefield · 2021 · Persons, 16+ yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #94192 · Modelled estimate including undiagnosed cases.
7.7%
GP patients with asthma.
England: 6.6% · Higher than England
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 6+ yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90933
3.4
Age-standardised asthma deaths per 100,000 per year.
England: 2.1 · Worse
Wakefield · 2022 - 24 · Persons, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #93644
2.7%
GP patients with COPD.
England: 1.9% · Higher than England
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #253
508.3
Age-standardised COPD admissions per 100,000 adults 35+.
England: 356.8 · Worse
Wakefield · 2023/24 · Persons, 35+ yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #92302
27.2
IMD 2025 deprivation score (higher = more deprived).
59th most deprived of 296 district-level authorities
Also: 48th most deprived of 153 upper-tier authorities
England: 21.8
Wakefield · 2025 · Persons, All ages
Source: MHCLG · English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Population-weighted average of small-area scores.
1080.5
Age-standardised deaths from all causes per 100,000 people per year.
28th highest death rate of 151 upper-tier authorities
England: 932.8 · Worse
Wakefield · 2023 - 25 · Persons, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #93823 · Value based on provisional mortality and population data
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