Standing view · health · Northumberland
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Northumberland have been worsening. The suicide rate, per 100,000 was 14.89 across 2021 to 2023 and adults who are obese 33.44 in 2024/25, both recorded as unfavourable against the usual pattern. That is the whole of this evidence: two measures, both pointing the same way, with nothing running against them. It is held as established rather than strong because each contributes a single reading and one of them is a pooled three-year figure rather than a single 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 Northumberland. 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 are obese | 2024/25 | deteriorating |