Adult ill health

The proportion of working-age adults with various health problems

What does this graph show?

At 12% in Inner London and 11% in Outer London, the proportion of adults with a limiting long-standing illness is slightly lower than the national average of 14%. London's younger population may be a factor here since the prevalence of long-standing illness increases with age.

The proportion of adults at risk of mental illness in London is very close to the England average of 12%.

Only 16% of adults in London are classified as obese (having a body mass index above 30) compared to 22% on average in England.

Data used

2001 Census; Health Survey for England 2004–2006

Indicator last updated: 21 April 2010

Other indicators in Working-age adults

• Poverty in Inner and Outer London
• Working-age out-of-work benefits by region
• Working age out-of-work benefits within London
• Income inequality in London compared with other English regions
• Income inequalities within London boroughs
• Pay inequalities within London
• Working-age adults lacking work over time
• Working-age adults lacking work by borough
• Adult ill-health by borough
• Low-paid residents by borough
• Low-paid jobs by borough
• Low income and ethnicity in London
• Lacking work by ethnicity
• Not working by country of birth
• Not working by ethnicity and country of birth
• Low pay by ethnicity
• Premature death by borough
• Low-paid residents by region
• Low-paid jobs by sub-region
• Families receiving in-work benefits
• Working age out-of-work benefits by borough
• Unemployment rates over time
• Unemployment numbers by sub-region
• Unemployment by ethnicity, country of birth and gender
• Unemployment in London by age
• Part-time work
• Job Seeker's Allowance by region
• Job Seeker's Allowance by borough
• Child, adult and pensioner poverty
• London's low income population
• Child and adult poverty and work
• Recession impact on out-of-work benefits
• Young adult unemployment over time

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