Standing view · health · Torridge
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2025.
Adult smoking in Torridge rose to 9.58% in 2024, while deaths before the age of 75 fell to 216.1 per 100,000 residents in 2025. The two measures moved in opposite directions and neither has a second reading published here, so the direction of health in the district is not established. The fall in early deaths is the more recent reading and the larger movement in absolute terms.
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 Torridge. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who smoke | 2024 | deteriorating |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2025 | improving |