Census data released this week highlights again how the North East is hardest hit by the health divide across England.
The figures - based on answers to the 2021 census - highlight that while good health appears to have marginally increased both around the country and in our area, the North East as a whole continues to lag behind on yet another health indicator.
A new searchable map allows people to find out how people in each local authority area answered when asked to rate their "general health" as very good, good, fair, bad or very bad. The North East was the region in England with the highest proportion of people reporting very bad health, at 1.6% of the population.
