Standing view · health · Bromsgrove
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Deaths before age 75 in Bromsgrove numbered 262.41 per 100,000 in 2023, a favourable movement. Adults who are obese accounted for 21.22% in 2024/25 and adults who smoke 3.96% in 2024, both favourable. The suicide rate was 16.39 per 100,000 over the pooled period 2021 to 2023, an unfavourable movement. Adults who are physically active made up 66.66% in 2023/24 and 72.72% in 2024/25. Three of the four measures with a direction moved favourably.
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 Bromsgrove. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2023 | improving |
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2021 - 23 | deteriorating |
| Adults who are obese | 2024/25 | improving |
| Adults who smoke | 2024 | 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 | — |
| Adults who are physically active | 2024/25 | — |