Standing view · health · Lincoln
mixed, held with tentative confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Lincoln have been mixed. Adults who smoke was 6 in 2023 and recorded as favourable against the usual pattern for its year, then 19.07 in 2024 and unfavourable — a large reversal inside one measure. Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 was 501.09 in 2023 and unfavourable, then 428.87 in 2025 and favourable. The suicide rate, per 100,000 was 20.55 across 2022 to 2024 and unfavourable, and adults who are physically active stood at 64.58 in 2023/24. Two measures each way, with both reversing on themselves, is why no direction is claimed.
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 Lincoln. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who smoke | 2023 | improving |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2023 | deteriorating |
| Adults who smoke | 2024 | deteriorating |
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2022 - 24 | deteriorating |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2025 | improving |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who are physically active | 2023/24 | — |