Map reveals the healthiest and ‘unhealthiest’ areas in England – where does yours rank?
PETERBOROUGH has been named and shamed the most ‘unhealthy’ area in England.
The cathedral city scored worst of the 307 districts in the country, based off official health data.
Peterborough was given a mark of 40 out of 100 – off the back of 12 health markers including air pollution levels, cancer diagnosis’ and physical activity levels of residents.
This was closely followed by Lancaster, Gosport and Liverpool, which scored 41.3, 50.4 and 50.5 respectively.
Knowsley, a village just outside of Liverpool, fared slightly better, tallying up 51.1.
Northern cities Kingston upon Hull and Blackpool scored 51.6 and 52.5.
While Gloucester and Harlow came in ninth and tenth with 53.3 and 54.8.
On the other end of the scale, South Hams, was crowned the healthiest area in England and was awarded 80 points.
According to the research, based of the Office of National Statistics (ONS) data, 67.5 per cent of the Devonshire district’s residents eat on average the NHS’ recommended five servings of fruits per day.
Those in South Lakeland (77.7), the Derbyshire Dales (75.7) and Eden (75.3) were next in line for the healthiest area title.
Richmondshire (75.1). Tunbridge Wells (75) and Sevenoaks (74.8) were a close fifth, sixth and seventh.
While Waverely (74.7), Richmond upon Thames (74.6) and Harrogate (74.5) followed after.
An interactive tool allows you to look up the health score of your own local area based off the ONS data.
A higher number always means better health and a lower number means worse health.
Medical group Blue Horizon used the ONS data to devise the health ranking system used for this map.
It’s based several factors also including smoking rates, alcohol and drug abuse, healthy eating, mental health prevalence and obesity.
It also takes into consideration diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney and liver disease.
Each health factor is given a score out of 100.
Overall scores are they tallied up to give a final figure out of 100.