Standing view · health · Exeter
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Exeter have been improving, though two of the four readings run the other way. Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 was 370.41 in 2024, recorded as unfavourable against the usual pattern for its year, then 296.24 in 2025 and favourable — a reversal within the same series, and the most recent reading of it. The suicide rate, per 100,000 was 15.87 across 2021 to 2023 and unfavourable. Adults who are physically active stood at 79.69 in 2024/25. The 2025 early-death figure is what the view rests on, which is why it is 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 Exeter. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2021 - 23 | deteriorating |
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2024 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who are physically active | 2024/25 | — |