Health and lifestyles
Browse by topic below or find out about the surveys we commission and manage.
Alcohol
Information on levels of alcohol consumption and attitudes towards drinking.
Contraception
Information on the method of contraception used by different gender and age groups.
Diabetes
Details of our reports focusing on diabetes.
Diet
Who's getting their five-a-day? Information on consumption and buying habits of food.
Drug misuse
Information about drugs taken by young people, their attitudes towards them, and the care they require.
Immunisation
Information on the young and over 65s.
NHS stop smoking services
This topic covers the number of smokers and also the success of the NHS Stop Smoking Service in helping people to kick the habit.
Obesity
Levels of obesity on adults and children in England and the impact it has on their health.
Physical activity
This topic covers a range of issues including uptake of PE in school, ethnic minority participation in activity and its relationship with obesity.
Smoking
Statistics on smoking, covering issues such as the number of smokers, the effects of smoking during pregnancy and hospital admissions as a result.
Health and lifestyles related surveys
We commission and manage contracts with external bodies to carry out a programme of household and individual-based surveys.
Surveys in this programme include:
- Health Survey for England
- Adult Dental Health Survey
- Infant Feeding
- Carers
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity
- Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use in Young People
We also contribute elements of some surveys run by the Office for National Statistics:
- General Lifestyle Survey
- Integrated Household Survey.