Standing view · health · Islington
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Islington have been improving. Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 was 291.06 in 2025, recorded as favourable against the usual pattern for its year, while the suicide rate, per 100,000 was 12.17 across 2022 to 2024 and unfavourable. Children who are physically active stood at 54.78 in 2023/24 and 43.76 in 2024/25, with adults who are physically active at 68.3 in 2024/25. One favourable reading against one unfavourable, with the early-death rate the more recent and the larger movement, is why the view is held as 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 Islington. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2022 - 24 | deteriorating |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2025 | improving |
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 | — |
| Adults who are physically active | 2024/25 | — |
| Children who are physically active | 2024/25 | — |