Standing view · health · Torridge
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Torridge have been improving. Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 was 216.1 in 2025, recorded as favourable against the usual pattern for its year, while adults who smoke was 9.58 in 2024 and unfavourable. One measure each way, with the early-death figure the more recent and the larger movement, is what the direction rests on. It is held as established rather than strong on that basis, and a second favourable reading at the next release is what would settle it.
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 Torridge. 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 | 2025 | improving |