Health | National Statistical

Celebrating 75 years of the NHS and a history of ONS collaboration

Jonny Tinsley
July 5, 2023

Categories: Data, Health, Integrated Data Service, ONS, Wellbeing

Health data is a key part of the ONS’ work and an important part of this is our use of NHS data, which allows us to build an increasingly insightful understanding of the nation’s health. As the NHS marks its 75th anniversary, Jonny Tinsley looks at this long-standing relationship of NHS data linkage and discusses future work in this crucial area.

Age standardising data: What does this mean and why does it matter?

Helen Colvin
January 19, 2023

Categories: Data, Health, ONS, Population, Public Policy, Wellbeing

A group of people representing lots of different ages

Today ONS has released topic summary data for health, disability and unpaid care. This data has been age standardised, but what does this mean and why have we done it? Helen Colvin, Head of Census Health and Disability Analysis explains more.

The Year in Numbers

Ian Diamond
December 23, 2022

Categories: Census, Coronavirus, Data, Economy, Environment, Health, ONS, Population, Wellbeing

To mark the end of 2022, the National Statistician Professor Sir Ian Diamond, looks back on another year of notable statistics which saw the release of over 1,000 publications from the Office for National Statistics.

The role of public data in diagnosing the nation’s health

Statistically Speaking
November 28, 2022

Categories: Data, Health, ONS, Wellbeing

Our population is growing and most of us can expect to live longer lives. But are we actually healthier, or…

Advancing knowledge on ethnic differences in health

Julie Stanborough
August 19, 2021

Categories: Census, Coronavirus, Data

New analysis has provided better understanding of the health outcomes of different ethnic groups

Using new methods, the ONS has, for the first time, been able to provide insights into the health outcomes of different ethnic groups. Julie Stanborough explains why this experimental data is so important and outlines some of the complexities behind the statistics used.