Standing view · health · Cheshire East
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Cheshire East have been worsening, on thin evidence. The suicide rate, per 100,000 was 12.45 across 2021 to 2023 and recorded as unfavourable against the usual pattern. Adults who smoke stood at 6.38 in 2024 and moved the other way, recorded as favourable. Two measures pointing in opposite directions, one of them a pooled three-year figure, is the whole evidence base for this view, which is why it is held as established rather than strong. Health series here are annual, so a reading that moves takes a year to be confirmed or reversed.
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 Cheshire East. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2021 - 23 | deteriorating |
| Adults who smoke | 2024 | improving |