Standing view · health · Harlow
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2025.
Deaths before the age of 75 in Harlow rose to 390.72 per 100,000 residents in 2023, then fell to 345.01 in 2024. The suicide rate fell to 6.16 per 100,000 over the three years to 2024. Two of the three readings published here are favourable and they are the more recent, so the unfavourable reading is the older one. Both measures are annual, and the pooled suicide rate covers three years because annual counts are too small to publish.
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 Harlow. 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 |