Standing view · health · West Lindsey
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in West Lindsey have been worsening, and the view is held strongly. Adults who are obese was 38.78 in 2023/24, adults who smoke 22.4 in 2023, deaths before age 75, per 100,000 365.9 in 2023, and the suicide rate, per 100,000 11.23 across 2022 to 2024, every one of those recorded as unfavourable against the usual pattern. Adults who smoke then read 13.49 in 2024 and was favourable, with adults who are physically active at 65.56 in 2024/25. Four unfavourable movements against one.
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 West Lindsey. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who are obese | 2023/24 | deteriorating |
| Adults who smoke | 2023 | deteriorating |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2023 | deteriorating |
| Adults who smoke | 2024 | improving |
| 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 | 2024/25 | — |