Standing view · health · Eastbourne
mixed, held with tentative confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Eastbourne have been mixed, with movements in both directions. Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 was 367.71 in 2023, recorded as unfavourable against the usual pattern for its year, then 332.93 in 2025 and favourable. Adults who are obese was 29.48 in 2024/25 and unfavourable, while the suicide rate, per 100,000 was 14.25 across 2022 to 2024 and favourable. Hospital admissions for COPD, aged 35 and over, per 100,000 stood at 330.7 in 2023/24. Two measures each way, including a reversal within the early-death series itself, is why no direction is claimed.
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 Eastbourne. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths before age 75, per 100,000 | 2023 | deteriorating |
| Adults who are obese | 2024/25 | deteriorating |
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2022 - 24 | improving |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for COPD, aged 35 and over, per 100,000 | 2023/24 | — |