Standing view · health · Islington
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2025.
Deaths before the age of 75 in Islington fell to 291.06 per 100,000 residents in 2025, while the suicide rate rose to 12.17 per 100,000 over the three years to 2024. The two measures moved in opposite directions and neither has a second reading published here. The suicide rate is pooled over three years because annual counts at this level are too small to publish, so the fall in early deaths is the more recent and the more direct reading.
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 Islington. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2022 - 24 | deteriorating |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2025 | improving |