Standing view · health · Chichester
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Chichester have been improving. Adults who are obese was 18.45 in 2024/25, recorded as favourable against the usual pattern, and deaths before age 75, per 100,000 was 267.72 in 2025, also favourable. Adults who are physically active stood at 80.23 in 2024/25. The suicide rate, per 100,000 was 12.5 across 2022 to 2024 and ran the other way, recorded as unfavourable. A falling early-death rate and a low obesity rate carry the view; the suicide rate is a pooled three-year figure and is why it is held as 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 Chichester. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who are obese | 2024/25 | improving |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who are physically active | 2024/25 | — |