Mental Health, Wellbeing and Dementia

Please note: The Fingertips mental health profiles have been combined and streamlined. This includes the 'common mental health disorders', 'severe mental illness', 'co-occurring substance misuse and mental health issues' 'perinatal mental health', and the 'children and young people's mental health and wellbeing' profiles. The new and combined profiles largely incorporate the content of the original profiles and are found below under 'Adult mental health and wellbeing' and 'Perinatal, children and young people's mental health' profiles. The suicide prevention profile remains unchanged.

• Adult mental health and wellbeing | Fingertips - (OHID) This profile combines the ‘Common mental disorders’, ‘Severe mental illness’ and 'Co-occurring substance misuse and mental health issues' profiles which have been discontinued. It also includes the ‘Wellbeing' topic from the removed ‘Mental health and wellbeing JSNA’ profile. The profile contains data on key indicators, identification of need, factors affecting mental health, wellbeing, services and access, and quality and outcomes.
• Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey: Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, England, 2023/4 - (NHSE) The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) series provides data on the prevalence of both treated and untreated psychiatric disorder in the English adult population (aged 16 and over)
• Children living with parents in emotional distress - (OHID) Official statistics report on the proportion of children living with at least one parent reporting symptoms of emotional distress, by family type and work status
• Child mental ill health and absence from school, England: 2021 to 2022 - (ONS) Analysis of the relationship between child mental ill health and school absence
• Children's well-being measures - (ONS) Data on the measures of children’s well-being, complementing the UK Measures of National Well-being.
• Climate change and mental health report - GOV.UK - (UKHSA) The climate change and mental health thematic assessment report synthesises the evidence base relating to climate change and mental health.
• Community Mental Health Survey - (CQC) This survey looks at the experiences of people who use community mental health services
• COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing Surveillance Report - (OHID) Report on population mental health and wellbeing in England during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This report includes spotlight chapters describing variation among the population
• Dementia Profile - (OHID) Fingertips profile focusing on prevalence of dementia, prevention, diagnosis, living and supporting well and death in people with dementia
• Dementia surveillance factsheets - (OHID) These interactive factsheets show the disparities that exist across England in relation to the diagnosis of people with dementia and the care they receive
• Estimating suicide among higher education students, England and Wales: August 2016 to July 2023 - (ONS) Estimates of suicides among higher education students by sex, age and ethnicity between the academic year ending 2017 and the academic year ending 2023. Based on mortality records linked to Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student records. These are official statistics in development
• Excess Under 75 Mortality Rates in Adults With Serious Mental Illness, 2021 to 2023 - (NHSE) This indicator is a measure of the extent to which adults with a serious mental illness (SMI) die younger than adults without a serious mental illness (nSMI).
• Health Survey for England, 2021 part 2: Loneliness and wellbeing - (NHSE) Data on loneliness and wellbeing by age, sex, region, income, area deprivation, BMI and physical activity status, general health and living arrangements as well as trend data
• Health Survey for England, 2022 part 2: Mental Health - (NHSE) A short chapter with commentary and data on the prevalence of mental ill health according to GHQ-12, by age and sex, and by area deprivation.
• Links between parental mental health, child mental health and school outcomes, England: 2021 to 2022 - (ONS) Analytical insights into the bi-directional relationship between a child’s mental health and their parents’ mental health. The insights form part of a British Academy-funded collaboration with Loughborough University, using linked data to explore the factors associated with children’s mental health.
• Mental Health Bulletin, 2024-25 Annual report - (NHSE) This publication provides the most detailed picture available of people who used NHS funded secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England during the financial year 2024-25
• Mental Health Dashboards - (NHSE) Webpage providing links to a number of dashboards containing data relating to mental health including; Mental health act statistics, Mental health services monthly statistics, autism waiting times statistics, survey data on the mental health of children and young people and the adult psychiatric morbidity survey, improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) and mental health and learning disabilities workforce
• Mental health - (ONS) Data on the mental health of children, adolescents and adults
• Mental Health Monthly Statistics - (NHSE) Statistical publication providing the timeliest picture available of people using NHS funded secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England
• Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2023 - (NHSE) This report presents findings from the fourth (wave 4) in a series of follow up reports to the 2017 Mental Health of Children and Young People (MHCYP) survey, conducted in 2023. 2,370 children and young people who took part in the MHCYP 2017 survey took part in the wave 4 follow up. The mental health of children and young people aged 8 to 25 years living in England in 2023 is examined, as well as their household circumstances, and their experiences of education and services and of life in their families and communities.
• Mortality from leading causes of death by ethnic group, England and Wales: 2012 to 2019 - (ONS) Experimental analysis of ethnic differences in mortality and cause-specific mortality in England and Wales based on 2011 Census and death registrations. Whilst this article explores a wide range of causes of death, section 6 'other causes of death' explores the variation in suicide rates by ethnic group.
• National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health. Annual Report 2025: UK patient and general population data 2012-2022 - (NCISH, University of Manchester) This annual report provides findings relating to people aged ten and above who died by suicide between 2012 and 2022 across the UK. The report has several chapters, but has an in-depth section on 'Mental health patient suicide'; exploring method of suicide, social and clinical characteristics, and diagnosis and service contact. NCISH also has several other reports exploring suicide in nurses, middle-aged men, people in contact with drug and alcohol services, and many more.
• National GP Profiles: Mental Health - (OHID) Fingertips profile with a section on mental health including indicators on depression, dementia and other mental health disorders 
• Near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England - (OHID) Official statistics covering monthly reporting of deaths by suspected suicide, acting as an early warning system for indications of change in suicides to inform suicide prevention
• NHS Talking Therapies - NHS Digital publication series makes available the most recent NHS Talking Therapies monthly data, including activity, waiting times, and outcomes such as recovery. This publication series also includes statistics about NHS Talking Therapies employment advisor services
• Out of area placements in mental health - (NHSE) Statistics on out of area placements in acute inpatient mental health services in England from NHS and independent providers. Please note - this has moved to Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics - NHS England Digital.
• Perinatal, children and young people's mental health | Fingertips - (OHID) Fingertips profile combining the previous versions of the 'Perinatal mental health' and 'Children and young people's mental health and wellbeing' profiles released. Contains data on key indicators, identification of need, factors affecting perinatal mental health, factors affecting children and young people's mental health, and services and outcomes.
• Perinatal mental health condition prevalence - (OHID) Report on the prevalence of perinatal mental health conditions in women in 2019 and indicator updates to the perinatal mental health profile on Fingertips
• Place-based suicide dashboard - (OHID) Uses annual ONS death registration data to explore deaths from suicide by place of death, elsewhere deaths by local authority of residence and by local authority of death. Data is available at a Region, UTLA, and LTLA level. This analysis is part of the restricted access 'Dashboard for suicide prevention professionals', to request access please contact MHIT@dhsc.gov.uk
• Premature Mortality in Adults with Severe Mental Illness - (OHID) Official statistics assessing variation in the premature mortality and excess premature mortality for adults with severe mental illness (SMI)
• Primary Care Dementia Data - (NHSE) Publication including dementia diagnosis counts published with ethnicity and age breakdowns, prescriptions of anti-psychotic medications and record of receiving a care plan review. 
• Public Mental Health Dashboard - (OHID) Dashboard bringing together and summarises publicly available data on mental health including: environmental factors, population factors, mental wellbeing and mental ill health and services
• Reporting of deaths by suicide according to registration data and occurrence data - (ONS) Explores the differences between reporting suicide statistics according to the date of registration compared with the date of occurrence.
• Self-harm and suicide by sexual orientation, England and Wales: March 2021 to December 2023 - (ONS) A population-level analysis of rates of intentional self-harm and suicide by sexual orientation for people aged 16 years and over in England and Wales
• Sociodemographic inequalities in suicides in England and Wales: 2011 to 2021 - (ONS) A population level analysis comparing the risk of dying by suicide across sociodemographic groups in adults in England and Wales.
• Suicides among people diagnosed with severe health conditions, England: 2017 to 2020 - (ONS) Suicide rates among people diagnosed with severe health conditions, based on mortality records linked to the 2011 Census and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). Experimental Statistics.
• Suicides in England and Wales - (ONS) Data on registered deaths in England and Wales from suicide analysed by sex, age, area of usual residence of the deceased, and suicide method
• Suicides in UK armed forces veterans, England and Wales - (ONS) Data UK on armed forces veteran suicide statistics in England and Wales. Including method of suicide, cause of death and suicide rate in male veterans
• Suicide prevention Profile - (OHID) Fingertips profile aims to help develop an understanding of suicide at a local level and to support an intelligence-driven approach to suicide prevention
• The impact of NHS Talking Therapies on monthly employee pay and employment status, England: April 2014 to December 2022 - (ONS) The change in monthly employee pay and employee status attributable to completing NHS Talking Therapies treatment in different time periods after therapy, compared with one year before first therapy.
• Wellbeing - (ONS) Data on societal and personal well-being in the UK looking at areas such as health, relationships, education and skills, what we do, where we live, our finances and the environment
• UK Measures of national wellbeing dashboard - (ONS) Publication providing an overview of well-being in the UK on an individual, community and national level. Considers change across 58 measures of well-being, grouped by 10 topic areas.
• Zero Suicide alliance - The website contains data insights which allows you to compare suicide related data to other local authorities or sub-ICBs across England and data maps which contain an interactive map tool which shares data on suicide, suicide risk factors, and mental health and wellbeing in England. The map pulls data together from multiple sources, including over 100 indicators related to suicide incidence, health and social risk factors, at risk populations, and service demand and provision.