HPI: Psychological Morbidity in England, 1997-2001

England's modelled psychological morbidity data from 1997 to 2001, created by the Health Poverty Index. The dataset aggregates information from sources including the Department of Health, ONS suicide counts, and Hospital Episode Statistics. It provides coverage at the Local Authority District and national levels.

Use Cases

• Modeling regional health inequality based on psychological morbidity indicators.
• Analyzing temporal trends in mental health from 1997 to 2001.
• Correlating psychological morbidity with other socioeconomic or health service use data.
• Mapping mental health outcomes at the Local Authority District level.

Strengths

• Data spans a 5-year period from 1997 to 2001.
• Aggregates multiple authoritative sources including ONS and Department of Health data.
• Provides geographic granularity at the Local Authority District level.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Health (DoH), ONS Mid Year Estimates, ONS suicide counts, DWP (SDA and Incapacity Benefit datasets), Prescribing Pricing Authority, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)

Collection Method

Modelled data

Time Range

1997-2001

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:07.209366; freshness should be verified

Geography

England (Local Authority District, National)