ID 2004: Mental Health Deprivation Indicator for England at LSOA Level

Indices of Deprivation (ID) 2004: Health Deprivation and Disability provides a standardised measure of mood or anxiety disorders among adults under 60 across England. The data, published by Neighbourhood Statistics and sourced from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, is aggregated at the Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) level. It is derived from administrative sources including prescribing data, suicide records, and health benefits data for the periods 1997-2001 and 1999-2003.

Use Cases

• Mapping spatial inequalities in mental health based on the area-level deprivation measure
• Analyzing correlations between administrative health indicators and socioeconomic deprivation
• Modeling public health resource allocation based on relative area deprivation scores

Strengths

• Provides a standardised and normalised measure for cross-area comparison, as noted in the description
• Covers all of England at a granular Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) geography
• Derived from multiple administrative sources (prescribing, suicides, health benefits) for triangulation

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is historical, covering periods ending in 2003; freshness should be verified for contemporary applications
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific analytical needs

Provenance

Source

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM): ID 2004, published by Neighbourhood Statistics (Office for National Statistics)

Collection Method

Administrative data (prescribing, suicides, health benefits) with statistical transformations applied to create a standardised measure

Time Range

1997 to 2001 and 1999 to -2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:14.350009; freshness should be verified

Geography

England, at Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) level