Standing view · health · Harrow
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Harrow have been improving. Adults who are obese was 13.34 in 2024/25, adults who smoke 8.61 in 2024 and deaths before age 75, per 100,000 228.02 in the same year, each recorded as favourable against the usual pattern for its year. Running the other way, adults who smoke was 15.1 in 2023 and the suicide rate, per 100,000 5.69 across 2022 to 2024, both unfavourable. Adults who are physically active stood at 66.19 in 2024/25. The smoking rate reversing between 2023 and 2024 is the measure to watch; three favourable readings against two holds the view at established.
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 Harrow. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who smoke | 2023 | deteriorating |
| Adults who are obese | 2024/25 | improving |
| Adults who smoke | 2024 | improving |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 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 | — |