Standing view · health · Castle Point
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Adults who are obese in Castle Point accounted for 33.27% in 2024/25, an unfavourable movement, and the suicide rate was 11.93 per 100,000 over the pooled period 2022 to 2024, also unfavourable. Adults who smoke made up 5.4% in 2023, a favourable movement, and adults who are physically active 67.54% in 2023/24. Two of the three measures with a direction moved unfavourably, both of them in the most recent period recorded.
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 Castle Point. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who smoke | 2023 | improving |
| Adults who are obese | 2024/25 | deteriorating |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who are physically active | 2023/24 | — |