Standing view · health · Gravesham
mixed, held with tentative confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Gravesham have been mixed, with movements in both directions. Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 was 386.49 in 2025, recorded as unfavourable against the usual pattern for its year, while adults who are obese was 26.58 in 2023/24 and favourable. Adults who are physically active stood at 67.47 in 2024/25 and children who are physically active at 42.19 in 2023/24. One measure each way, from different years, with two further readings giving levels but no direction, is why no view is claimed: the early-death figure is the more recent and the obesity one the more favourable.
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 Gravesham. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who are obese | 2023/24 | improving |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2025 | deteriorating |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Children who are physically active | 2023/24 | — |
| Adults who are physically active | 2024/25 | — |