Three highest recorded long conditions in West Berks: depression, hypertension and diabetes

Latest statistics on the health of people in West Berkshire have been released.

They show that well over half of adults in the district are overweight or obese,

And the three highest recorded long-term conditions locally were depression, hypertension and diabetes.

Just over 11 per cent of adults aged 18 and over in West Berkshire were current smokers in 2022, lower than the England average of 12.7 per cent.

In the year 2021-2022, ‘Smoke Free Life Berkshire’ helped 353 West Berkshire residents to quit smoking.

This represents 54 per cent of smokers who set a date to quit smoking.

People employed in routine and manual occupations in West Berkshire are more than twice as likely to be smokers compared with those employed in other occupations.

Rates of smoking are even higher among people who are in treatment for substance misuse, where 72.3 per cent of people smoke.

Mortality rate from preventable cancer; cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease was lower than the national average but there were still more than 100 deaths that were preventable in West Berkshire in 2021.