Live well
Living well is essential in helping us manage our health and maintain our independence. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, such as smoking or drinking alcohol, determine the burden of disease and illness within a population. Some of the risk factors for the city are highlighted below.
Key facts
- Smoking prevalence in Liverpool has reduced from 22.3% in 2011 to 17.8% in 2021 and is significantly worse than nationally (13.0%).
- In 2020/21, 65.9% Liverpool adults were classified as either overweight or obese, which is significantly worse than the national average (63.5%).
- In Liverpool, around 46.7% of adults consume the recommended ‘5-a-day’ which is the lowest out of the 8 core cities and significantly below nationally (55.4%).
- Around 26.9% of adults (aged 19+) are physically inactive (<30 moderate intensity equivalent minutes per week), significantly higher than England (23.4%) and the 2nd highest among the core cities.
- Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions in the city are 1.8 times higher than the national average with around 4,935 per year, and Liverpool’s premature mortality rate for liver disease is 1.6 times above the national rate.
- Drug misuse is a significant cause of premature mortality in the UK. In Liverpool around 56 people die from drug misuse each year. Liverpool’s rate of 12.9 per 100,000 is 2.6 times higher than the national average and the 5th highest in England.
- There are around 4,686 new Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) diagnoses in the city each year and our diagnosis rate of 936 per 100,000 population is significantly higher than nationally (551 per 100,000).
- Around 3,293 people (0.6%) are known to have a learning disability.
Detailed needs assessments
The following health needs assessments have been published in relation to living well:
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Sexual Health HNA
Download this document: Sexual Health HNA (PDF: 5.2 MB)
Local strategies
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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Strategy
Download this document: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Strategy (PDF: 2 MB)
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Liverpool Healthy Weight Strategy
Download this document: Liverpool Healthy Weight Strategy (PDF: 3.3 MB)
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Liverpool’s Integrated All-Age Carers Strategy
Download this document: Liverpool’s Integrated All-Age Carers Strategy (PDF: 3.1 MB)
Liverpool information
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Sexual Health Factsheet 2021
Download this document: Sexual Health Factsheet 2021 (PDF: 960 KB)
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Liverpool Suicide Audit 2021
Download this document: Liverpool Suicide Audit 2021 (PDF: 460 KB)
Office for Health Improvements and Disparities profiles
- Public Health dashboard
- Health protection
- Local Inequalities Explorer Tool
- Local tobacco control profiles
- Local alcohol profiles for England
- NHS Health Check
- Common Mental Health disorders
- Co-occuring substance misuse and mental health issues
- Severe mental illness
- Sexual and reproductive health profiles
- Suicide prevention profiles