Official Statistics

Wider Determinants of Health: February 2023 update

Update of data on the individual, social and environmental factors which influence the health of the population and impact on inequalities in health.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Published: 7 February 2023

Applies to England

Documents

Wider Determinants of Health

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/wider-determinants

Details

This tool brings together available indicators at England and local authority levels on the wider determinants of health with links to further resources.

The Wider Determinants of Health tool is designed to:

• draw attention to the broad range of individual, social and environmental factors which influence our health
• provide the public health system with intelligence on the wider determinants of health, to help improve population health and reduce health inequalities

This update contains:

• sickness absence - the percentage of employees who had at least one day off in the previous week
• sickness absence - the percentage of working days lost due to sickness absence
• domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes
• adults with a learning disability who live in stable and appropriate accommodation
• gap in the employment rate between those with a learning disability and the overall employment rate
• percentage of the population who are in receipt of long term support for a learning disability that are in paid employment
• homelessness - households owed a duty under the Homelessness Reduction Act
• homelessness - households in temporary accommodation
• homelessness - households with dependent children owed a duty under the Homelessness Reduction Act
• homelessness - households owed a duty under the Homelessness Reduction Act (main applicant 16 to 24 years)
• homelessness - households owed a duty under the Homelessness Reduction Act (main applicant 55 and over years)
• social isolation - percentage of adult social care users who have as much social contact as they would like
• access to Healthy Assets and Hazards Index

The tool is an ongoing project and will continue to be developed over time.

If you would like to send us feedback on the tool contact profilefeedback@dhsc.gov.uk.

Published 7 February 2023