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Health Survey for England, Trend tables 2015

The Health survey for England is a series of annual surveys covering health and health related behaviours.

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Health Survey for England: Trend tables 2015

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The Health Survey for England series was designed to monitor trends in the nation’s health, to estimate the proportion of people in England who have specified health conditions, and to estimate the prevalence of risk factors associated with these conditions. The surveys provide regular information that cannot be obtained from other sources on a range of aspects concerning the public’s health. The surveys have been carried out since 1994 by the Joint Health Surveys Unit of NatCen Social Research and the Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University College London.

This publication will update previous publication with 2015 data and an updated commentary.

The trend tables present time series data for the available years at England level by sex. Some tables present data by age group and sex. The topics covered include height, weight, BMI, smoking, alcohol, physical activity, general health, long-standing illness, fruit and vegetable consumption. For adults there are also tables about well-being, blood pressure and the prevalence of diabetes and cardio-vascular disease.

Each survey in the series includes core questions and measurements (such as blood pressure, height and weight, and analysis of blood and saliva samples), as well as modules of questions on topics that vary from year to year.

Published 14 December 2016