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Health Survey for England, 2022 Part 2

Official statistics, National statistics, Survey, Accredited official statistics

Publication Date:
24 Sep 2024
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Country, Regions, Strategic Health Authorities
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Introduction

Corrections made to 2 charts: 

Adult Health - Prevalence of longstanding condition: due to a rounding error some figures were incorrect by 1%

Adult overweight and obesity - Prevalence of high or very high waist circumference: The chart legend was mis-labelled, this has now been corrected.

Data in the tables and report commentary were correct.

15 October 2024 00:00 AM

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Summary

The Health Survey for England (HSE) is used to estimate the proportion of people in England who have health conditions, and the prevalence of risk factors and behaviours associated with certain health conditions. The surveys provide regular information that cannot be obtained from other sources.

Highlights

We are publishing HSE 2022 in 2 parts. Part 2 features:

  • Adult health
  • Overweight and obesity (adults and children)
  • Social care provision
  • Kidney disease.

Part 1 was published in June 2024, featuring:

  • Adults’ health-related behaviours
  • Adults’ drinking
  • Child health and health-related behaviours. 

Key Facts

In 2022, 41% of adults had at least one longstanding illness or condition.

The proportion of adults with raised cholesterol was 53%, an increase from 43% in 2019.

Prevalence of raised cholesterol was greater among women (56% in 2022, 45% in 2019) than men (49% in 2022, 40% in 2019).

The prevalence of diabetes was 10%, comprised of 6% of adults with doctor-diagnosed diabetes and a further 5% with undiagnosed diabetes.

Estimates are rounded to the nearest whole number. Where categories are combined the sum of two estimates may sometimes appear to be greater or less than expected.

In 2022, 29% of adults were living with obesity, and 64% were overweight or living with obesity.

Prevalence of adult overweight and obesity remained stable since 2019 (28% living with obesity, 64% overweight or living with obesity).

Among children aged 2 to 15, the prevalence of obesity was 15%, and the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) was 27%.

This is similar to 2019, when obesity prevalence was 16% and prevalence of overweight (including obesity) was 30% among children.

2% of adults aged 35 and over reported that they had been told by a doctor that they had kidney disease.

Of adults aged 35 and over, 22% had chronic kidney disease (based on objective markers from blood and urine samples). 11% had the more severe stages 3 to 5.

Adults aged 75 and over (5%) were most likely to report being told they had kidney disease.

Around half of adults aged 75 and over (48%) had chronic kidney disease based on objective measures, including over a third who had the more severe stages 3 to 5 (36%).

The proportion of adults who reported experiencing an impact on their health increased with the number of hours they spent providing care in the last week (81% of those who provided 20 or more hours of care compared with 30% of those who provided less than 1 hour).

Last edited: 14 October 2024 5:16 pm