Liverpool’s priorities and challenges

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In a year that has celebrated Liverpool’s cultural heritage…

…we have also been acutely aware that Liverpool is a city that faces many challenges, all of which have an impact on health and wellbeing. 

Multiple factors have a serious consequence when considering the health of our people. The knock-on impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The difficulties with accessing NHS services. Higher rates of deprivation and poverty. Increasing constraints on the Council’s budgets.

It is important that, as a public health team, we are aware of these challenges and think of innovative and creative ways of tackling them, so that we can support and empower our residents to enjoy good health. 

In this section, we will take a look at the health of our residents, our funding challenges and the impact of inequalities, poverty and deprivation in the city. 

Life course statistics: Liverpool 2023

A comparison between Liverpool and England.

Liverpool facts

496,770 people were living in Liverpool in 2022.

Around 63%of the population live in the top 20% most deprived areas in England.

3 in every 10 children under 16 live in poverty.

Women can expect to live to 79.9 years and men to 76.1 years

On average, men will spend 23% of their lives in poor health and women will spend 28% in poor health.

Key

Liverpool’s statistical significance compared to England:

  • Better
  • Similar
  • Worse

Significant trend:

  • Improving
  • No change
  • Getting worse

Starting well

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Life expectancy at birth

Worse

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Infant mortality

Similar

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Premature births

Worse

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Smoking at time of delivery

Similar

Improving

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Low birth weight (term babies)

Similar

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Babies first feed breast milk

Worse

Needle icon

MMR one dose (age 2)

Worse

Getting worse

Tooth icon

Dental decay (age 5)

Worse

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School readiness

Worse

No change

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Admissions for injuries (age 5 or less)

Worse

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Obese children (age 10-11)

Worse

No change

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Children in care

Worse

Living well

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Physically active adults

Worse

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Consuming '5-a-day'

Worse

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Obese adults

Similar

Cigarette icon

Smoking prevalence

Worse

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Alcohol specific admissions

Worse

Cloud icon

Depression prevalence

Worse

Getting worse

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Self harm admissions

Worse

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Chlamydia detection

Better

No change

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NHS Health Check uptake

Worse

No change

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Cancer screening

Worse

Medicine bottle green icon

Antibiotic prescribing

Better

Ageing well

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Loneliness

Worse

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Dementia diagnosis

Worse

No change

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Falls injuries 65+

Worse

Person tripping over icon

Drug misuse deaths

Worse

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Still at home 90 days after hospital discharge

Better

No change

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Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy at 65+

Worse

Wider determinants

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Average income

Worse

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Unemployment

Worse

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Attainment 8 score

Worse

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Healthy neighbourhoods

Worse

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Domestic abuse

Similar

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Air quality

Worse

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Violent crime

Worse

Getting worse

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Rented accommodation

Worse

Sources

Average (Median) Income is extracted from CACI England average = £33,820 and Liverpool average = £23,476.

Other sources include NOMIS, English Housing Survey and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. Public Health Profiles: https://fingertips.phe.org.uk. © Crown copyright 2023.

Contact: Sophie.Kelly@liverpool.gov.uk

Public Health spending

Revenue expenditure and financing for the financial year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

Drink, drugs and warning triangle

£13.3m Substance use

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£12m Other Public Health services including: Health Improvement, Prevention Services, Dental Health, Behavioural Insight, Community Champions, Communications and Campaigns

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£11.4m 0-19 services

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£7.2m Sexual health

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£1.5m Public Health advice

Foot prints on weighing scales

£1.1m Obesity

Cigarette and warning triangle icons

£882K Smoking and tobacco

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£388k Health protection

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£240k NHS health checks

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£227K Health at work

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£197K Physical activity

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£111K Mental Health

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£14K National Child Measurement Programme

Infographic summary

The data from this infographic is from the National Statistics release Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2022-23 Budget” which was published on 21 July 2022.