Health
Waiting lists, life expectancy and the national health surveys.
Adult obesity
The share of adults with a BMI of 30 or more, from height and weight actually measured rather than self-reported.
Figure for 2024
Within the margin of error
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Open Government Licence v3.0
Overweight or obese adults
The share of adults with a BMI of 25 or more. This one relies on what people report about themselves, adjusted for the known tendency to under-report.
Figure for 2024
Within the margin of error
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Open Government Licence v3.0
Child obesity, Year 6
The share of 10 and 11 year olds with obesity, measured in school.
Figure for 2024
Within the margin of error
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Open Government Licence v3.0
Child obesity, Reception
The share of 4 and 5 year olds with obesity, measured in school.
Figure for 2024
A real rise
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Open Government Licence v3.0
Adult smoking
The share of adults who currently smoke. It has roughly halved since 2011.
Figure for 2024
Within the margin of error
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Open Government Licence v3.0
Life expectancy, men
How long a boy born today could expect to live, on current death rates. Pooled over three years.
Figure for 2025
A real rise
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Open Government Licence v3.0
Life expectancy, women
How long a girl born today could expect to live, on current death rates. Pooled over three years.
Figure for 2025
Within the margin of error
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Open Government Licence v3.0
Healthy life expectancy, men
How many of those years a man could expect to spend in good health, rather than living with illness or disability.
Figure for 2022
A real fall
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Open Government Licence v3.0
Healthy life expectancy, women
How many of those years a woman could expect to spend in good health.
Figure for 2022
Within the margin of error
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Open Government Licence v3.0
NHS waiting list
The number of treatments people in England are still waiting to start at the end of the month, including estimates for trusts that did not report.
Figure for Jul 2026
Source: NHS England, Open Government Licence v3.0
Treated within 18 weeks
The share of people on the England waiting list who have been waiting less than 18 weeks. The NHS constitution standard is 92%.
Figure for Jul 2026
Source: NHS England, Open Government Licence v3.0
Median NHS wait
How long the person in the middle of the England waiting list has been waiting so far. Half of those waiting have waited longer.
Figure for Jul 2026
Source: NHS England, Open Government Licence v3.0