Standing view · health · Gosport
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Gosport have been worsening, and two measures carry it. Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 was 392.15 in 2023 and adults who are obese 40.8 in 2024/25, both recorded as unfavourable against the usual pattern for their year. Adults who are physically active stood at 65.78 in 2023/24 and hospital admissions for COPD, aged 35 and over, per 100,000 at 447.22 in the same period. Two unfavourable movements with nothing running the other way is a consistent reading, though each is a single annual figure, which is why the view is established rather than strong.
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 Gosport. 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 | deteriorating |
| Adults who are obese | 2024/25 | 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 | — |
| Hospital admissions for COPD, aged 35 and over, per 100,000 | 2023/24 | — |