Persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability was 22.8% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability in United Kingdom, 2010–2018
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 22.8% for persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability in 2018. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 61.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability in United Kingdom peaked at 22.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 13.0%, in 2012.
United Kingdom ranks 5th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14.1% | — |
| 2011 | 16.0% | +13.5% |
| 2012 | 13.0% | -18.8% |
| 2013 | 15.2% | +16.9% |
| 2014 | 14.7% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 15.3% | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 18.5% | +20.9% |
| 2017 | 21.1% | +14.1% |
| 2018 | 22.8% | +8.1% |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
- 2 Norway 31.8% compare
- 3 Estonia 22.9% compare
- 3 Estonia 22.9% compare
- 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 22.8% compare
- 7 Netherlands 22.7% compare
- 7 Netherlands 22.7% compare
More health data for United Kingdom
- Available beds in hospitals by NUTS 2 region 167,589 Number (2017)
- Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region 3.9 Rate (2018)
- Life expectancy by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 81.3 Year (2018)
- Infant mortality by NUTS 2 region 2,817 Number (2018)
- Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data 196,784 Number (2019)
- Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region - historical data 167,589 Number (2017)
- Fetal, peri- and neonatal mortality rates by NUTS 2 region of 4.21 Rate (2018)
- Peri-neonatal mortality by age of mother and parity, by NUTS 2 region 3,191 Number (2018)
- Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 6.18 million Number (2016)
- Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 11.28 million Number (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability in United Kingdom?
- Persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability in United Kingdom was 22.8% in 2018, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 22.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.0% in 2012.
- How does United Kingdom rank for persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability?
- United Kingdom ranks 5th out of 47 countries with data for 2018.
- Is persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability (activity limitation), sex and age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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