Limiting Long-Term Illness Prevalence from the 2001 Census for England and Wales

Office for National Statistics data on people with limiting long-term illness from the 2001 Census. The dataset provides counts at multiple geographic levels, including Output Areas, Local Authorities, and Government Office Regions, covering England and Wales. It was published by Neighbourhood Statistics under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping health inequality based on limiting long-term illness prevalence across different geographic areas.
• Analyzing the correlation between limiting long-term illness and other census-derived demographic factors.
• Modeling public health resource allocation based on small-area estimates of limiting long-term illness.
• Tracking long-term trends in disability prevalence by comparing this 2001 data with later censuses.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative 2001 UK Census, providing a complete population snapshot.
• Geographic coverage includes England and Wales at seven nested administrative levels, enabling multi-scale analysis.
• The dataset is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0, facilitating open use and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single point in time (2001), limiting analysis of trends over time.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Survey (census)

Time Range

2001

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:08.423940; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales