Standing view · health · Amber Valley
mixed, held with tentative confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Adults who are obese in Amber Valley accounted for 36.58% in 2023/24 and 29.02% in 2024/25, a fall of 7.56 percentage points and a favourable movement. Adults who are physically active made up 74.38% in 2024/25 and children who are physically active 40.3% in 2023/24. Adults who smoke accounted for 7.29% in 2024, also a favourable movement. The suicide rate was 14.66 per 100,000 over the pooled period 2022 to 2024, recorded as unfavourable. Four of the six measures moved favourably, and the two that did not are the suicide rate and obesity in the earlier year.
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 Amber Valley. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who are obese | 2023/24 | deteriorating |
| Adults who are obese | 2024/25 | improving |
| Adults who smoke | 2024 | improving |
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2022 - 24 | deteriorating |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Children who are physically active | 2023/24 | — |
| Adults who are physically active | 2024/25 | — |