Standing view · health · Isle of Wight
mixed, held with tentative confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Deaths before age 75 in Isle of Wight have been rising, though other measures here have run the other way. Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 was 343.58 in 2023 and recorded as unfavourable, 289.5 in 2024 and favourable, then 393.79 in 2025 and unfavourable again — three readings, two reversals, and the most recent one the worst. Adults who are obese was 29.89 in 2023/24 and unfavourable, then 21.91 in 2024/25 and favourable, with the suicide rate, per 100,000 at 6.28 across 2022 to 2024, also favourable. Children who are physically active stood at 45.44 in 2023/24.
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 Isle of Wight. 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 |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2023 | deteriorating |
| Adults who are obese | 2024/25 | improving |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2024 | improving |
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2022 - 24 | improving |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2025 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Children who are physically active | 2023/24 | — |