Standing view · health · Isle of Wight
mixed, held with tentative confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2025.
Deaths before the age of 75 on the Isle of Wight rose to 343.58 per 100,000 residents in 2023, fell to 289.5 in 2024, then rose sharply to 393.79 in 2025. The suicide rate fell to 6.28 per 100,000 over the three years to 2024. The most recent mortality reading is the highest of the three and reverses the improvement in between, so the measure has changed direction twice and the latest movement is unfavourable.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Isle of Wight. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2023 | deteriorating |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2024 | improving |
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2022 - 24 | improving |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2025 | deteriorating |