Standing view · health · Tunbridge Wells
improving, held with strong confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Tunbridge Wells have been improving, and the view is held strongly. Adults who smoke was 18.3 in 2023 and recorded as unfavourable against the usual pattern for its year, then 6.82 in 2024 and favourable — a large reversal, and the more recent reading. Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 was 245.69 in 2024 and also favourable. Two favourable readings in the latest year, one of them a sharp turn within the smoking series, is what gives this view its weight.
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 Tunbridge Wells. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who smoke | 2023 | deteriorating |
| Adults who smoke | 2024 | improving |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2024 | improving |