Standing view · health · Staffordshire Moorlands
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2025.
Adult smoking in Staffordshire Moorlands rose to 12.75% in 2024, while deaths before the age of 75 fell to 306.63 per 100,000 residents in 2024 and 277.67 in 2025. Two of the three readings are favourable and both are mortality figures, with the smoking estimate the one unfavourable reading. A district-level smoking figure rests on a small survey sample, so the two mortality readings are the firmer evidence here.
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 Staffordshire Moorlands. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who smoke | 2024 | deteriorating |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2024 | improving |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2025 | improving |