A new way to measure healthy life expectancy
Healthy life expectancy is an important measure to understand not just how long people are living, but how long they…
Read more on A new way to measure healthy life expectancy Driving forward improvements to health and social care statistics
From December 2023 to March 2024, the ONS with our partners in health statistics jointly ran the health and social care statistical outputs consultation. The aim was to gather valuable user feedback, to help shape health and social care data in the future. The consultation looked at the health statistical system as a whole and invited comments on outputs published by key health data producers. As the results of the consultation are published, Greg Ceely explains how this feedback will drive improvements to our health statistics.
Read more on Driving forward improvements to health and social care statisticsThe Health Index 2021 – Taking a deep dive into the nation’s health
What are the trends in health where you live? Are factors such as mental health and economic and working conditions improving? And what is the national picture telling us about health? The ONS’ Health Index for England shines a light on these questions. Greg Ceely discusses the value of this rich dataset and looks ahead to its next publication.
Read more on The Health Index 2021 – Taking a deep dive into the nation’s healthThe Health Index 2020 – measuring the nation’s health
The ONS’ Health Index is a rich data set that gives us an overall picture of the nation’s health and how it has been declining or improving. We can also see in close-up how health varies from area to area and what local factors are in play. As we publish our findings up to 2020, Greg Ceely explains what our data show and how the Health Index is already proving a useful tool for local health leaders.
Read more on The Health Index 2020 – measuring the nation’s healthPutting a number on our nation’s health
The Office for National Statistics has set out to create a data set that allows us to track, understand and measure key themes to give us an overall picture of the nation’s health – just as GDP is used to understand the strength of our nation’s finances. As we publish our experimental statistics up to 2019, Greg Ceely explains the significance of this work and what our data show.
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