Standing view · health · Gloucester
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2025.
Adult smoking in Gloucester fell to 5.1% in 2023, and the suicide rate to 9.53 per 100,000 residents over the three years to 2024. Two health measures from one producer moved favourably, and neither has a second reading published here, so neither shows a run. The suicide rate is pooled over three years because annual counts at this level are too small to publish, and a smoking estimate for a single district rests on a small survey sample.
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 Gloucester. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who smoke | 2023 | improving |
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2022 - 24 | improving |