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This publication series signposts to a range of information relating to alcohol use and misuse, drug misuse, obesity and smoking drawn from a variety of sources for England unless otherwise stated.
Latest publication: Statistics on Public Health, England 2025
New analyses of data from the annual Health Survey for England series. The surveys provide information about adults (aged 16 and over), and children (aged 0 to 15), living in private households in England.
Latest publication: Health Survey England Additional Analyses, Ethnicity and Health, 2011-2019 Experimental statistics
The Compendium set of Public health indicators covers the following publications: Abortions, Alcohol consumption, Births, Chromosomal abnormalities/congenital malformations, Circulatory diseases, Conceptions, Dental Health, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Fertility, General health, Immunisations and infectious diseases, Kidney/renal...
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...
These indicators were designed to monitor low birthweight births and to measure what proportion of births occur in NHS hospitals.
To monitor maternal, infant and child health
There are inequalities in health. For example, people living in more deprived areas tend to have shorter life expectancy. The following indicators are to monitor the effects of deprivation on health.
The data provided here comes grouped by the indicator domain:
Live and stillborn infants with low birthweights as a percent of all live and stillborn infants with a stated birthweight.
The percentage of schoolchildren in Reception Year classed as obese. N.B. Obesity in children is defined in this instance as those having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than the 95th percentile (using the British 1990 growth reference).