Health Survey for England 2018 [NS]
This is part of Health Survey for England
National statistics- Publication date:
- 3 Dec 2019
- Geographic coverage:
- England
- Date range:
- 01 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2018
Summary
The Health Survey for England (HSE) monitors trends in the nation’s health and care. It provides information about adults aged 16 and over, and children aged 0 to 15, living in private households in England. The survey consists of an interview, followed by a visit from a nurse who takes some measurements and blood and saliva samples. Adults and children aged 13 to 15 were interviewed in person, and parents of children aged 0 to 12 answered on behalf of their children for many topics. Children aged 8 to 15 filled in a self-completion booklet about their drinking and smoking behaviour.
A total of 8,178 adults (aged 16 and over) and 2,072 children (aged 0 to 15) were interviewed in the 2018 survey. 4,825 adults and 1,103 children had a nurse visit.
Each survey in the series includes core questions, and measurements such as blood pressure, height and weight measurements and analysis of blood and saliva samples. In addition there are modules of questions on specific topics that vary from year to year.
The detailed reports with supporting Excel tables can be found at the bottom of this page and comprise the following topics:
- Overweight and obesity in adults and children
- Asthma
- Adult's health-related behaviours (includes smoking, alcohol, fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity and gambling)
- Longstanding conditions
- Adults' health (including diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol)
- Childrens' health (includes smoking, alcohol, and fruit and vegetable consumption)
- Social care in older adults _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Update 4th December 2019:
An error has been identified in the gambling information published on the 3rd December 2019. This error relates to information on gambling in the last 12 months, by age and sex. Indicative changes in published numbers are as follows:
- The number of adults who participated in some form of gambling in the last 12 months has been revised from 53% to 54%;
- The number of adults who participated in some form of gambling in the last 12 months, excluding the National Lottery, has been revised 39% to 40%.
- Other figures have changed by a maximum of 2 percentage points.
The Adults' health-related behaviours topic report and data tables, and the summary report have been corrected. The supplementary analysis on gambling data tables have been separately corrected. Please see the note on that section for more details.
We apologise for any inconvenience this issue has caused.
Key facts
Data is for England, 2018
16% of children aged up to 15 years old had at least one longstanding medical condition
The proportions of children aged 0 to 15 with diagnosed asthma decreased by 10 percentage points from 20% in 2001-02 to 10% in 2018
26% of men and 29% of women were obese. 2% of men and 4% of women were morbidly obese
Inactivity levels tended to increase across age groups, especially for men
15% of men had participated in online gambling in the previous 12 months, compared with 4% of women
Unmet need for help among older adults in the most deprived areas was at least double that of those in the least deprived areas