hie_2021: The Health Index for England (2021)
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hie_2021

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The Health Index for England (2021)

Description

A selected range of variables from the the Health Index for England dataset, which is a comprehensive measure of national health, considering outcomes, behaviors, personal circumstances, and environmental factors. It provides a single health score and allows detailed breakdowns by location and topic, facilitating comparisons over time. This dataset only contains data collected in 2021.

Usage

hie_2021

Format

A data frame with 307 rows and 21 variables:

area_name: The area the data was collected from.
region: Regional categorisation of areas.
year: The year data was collected.
activities_in_life_are_worthwhile: The average score of respondents (16+) on how meaningful they find their life's activities.
early_years_development: The percentage of 5-year-olds meeting the expected early learning goals in personal, social, emotional, physical, communication, language, mathematics, and literacy at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
feelings_of_anxiety: The average anxiety score of respondents (16+) when asked how they felt the day before.
happiness: The average happiness score of respondents (16+) when asked how they felt the day before.
healthy_eating: The percentage of adults (16+) who report eating five or more portions of fruit and vegetables on a 'usual day'.
high_blood_pressure: The percentage of people reporting high blood pressure (hypertension) - not based on GP records but survey responses.
household_overcrowding: The percentage of households considered overcrowded, based on a standard calculation comparing the number of required rooms to the actual number of rooms.
life_expectancy: Period life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a person born in a specific year and area would live if they experienced that area's current age-specific mortality rates throughout their life.
life_satisfaction: The average life satisfaction score of respondents aged 16 and over.
low_level_crime: The number of police-recorded low-level crimes per 1,000 people, with bicycle theft and shoplifting used as indicators of overall rates.
mental_health_conditions: The percentage of people reporting a mental health condition, such as depression or anxiety- not based on GP records but survey responses.
overweight_and_obesity_in_adults: The percentage of adults (18+) who are overweight or obese, based on self-reported height and weight in a survey.
overweight_and_obesity_in_children: The percentage of children in Reception (aged 4-5) and Year 6 (aged 10-11) who are overweight or obese.
physical_activity: The percentage of adults (19+) reporting physical activity of 150 minutes or more per week.
rough_sleeping: The number of people sleeping outdoors on a single night in October or November, per 100,000 residents.
smoking: The percentage of adults (18+) who currently smoke cigarettes.
unemployment: The percentage of adults (16+) actively seeking work in the past four weeks and available to start within two weeks, relative to the economically active population.
young_ppl_edu_empl_appren: The percentage of 16 and 17-year-olds in sustained education, employment, or apprenticeships one year after key stage 4 (after school Year 11).