Standing view · health · Hastings
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Hastings have been improving, on a divided set. Adults who smoke was 9.3 in 2023 and was recorded as favourable against the usual pattern for its year, while the suicide rate, per 100,000 was 18.19 across 2022 to 2024 and unfavourable. Adults who are physically active stood at 73.76 in 2024/25. One measure each way, with a third giving a level but no direction, is thin for a view in either direction; the smoking movement is what the direction rests on, and it is why this 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 Hastings. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who smoke | 2023 | 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 | — |