Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

Start well

• 3,789 babies were born in 2021
• 12.2% of mothers smoked at the time of birth in 2020/21. This is worse than the England average.
• The population of North Northamptonshire was 359,500 in 2021
• 70% of children achieved a good level of development at the end of reception class in 2019
• 14% of children aged under 16 lived in low income families in 2020/21. This is better than the England average
• 24% of children in reception class were overweight or obese in 2019/20. This is similar to the England average. Figures on childhood excess weight should be interpreted with caution due to low 2019/20 NCMP participation
• 34% of children in Year 6 were overweight or obese in 2019/20. This is similar to the England average. Figures on childhood excess weight should be interpreted with caution due to low 2019/20 NCMP participation 
• 69% of young people gained a standard pass (4) in English and Maths GCSEs in 2021.
• The Chlamydia detection rate was 1,330 per 100,000 in 15 to 24 year olds in 2020. This is below the national target range
• There were 14 pregnancies in females aged under 18 per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2020. This is similar to the England average

Live well

• A 2018 based projection estimated there were 150,136 households in North Northamptonshire in 2021
• The average salary (persons) in 2020 was £30,189
• This was an increase of 9% compared to 2019
• 79.6% of adults were employed in 2020/21. This is better than the England average
• 10% of households experienced fuel poverty in 2018
• There were 323 new sexually transmitted infections per 100,000 population in 2020. This is lower than the England average
• 62.6% of adults were physically active in 2020/21. This is worse than the England average
• 53% of the population aged 16+ ate their “5-a-day” in 2019/20. This is worse than the England average
• 70% of adults were overweight or obese in 2020/21. This is worse than the England average
• There were 431 alcohol related hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2020/21. This is better than the England average
• 18% of adults smoked in 2019. This is worse than the England average
• There were 11 suicides per 100,000 population in 2018-2020. This is similar to the England average
• There were 196 hospital admissions for self-harm per 100,000 population in 2020/21. This is worse than the England average
• There were 4 deaths from drug misuse per 100,000 population in 2018-2020. This is similar to the England average
• 38 people were killed or seriously injured on roads per 100,000 population in the 2016-2018. This is better than the England average
• There were 28 deaths in under 75s from preventable cardiovascular diseases per 100,000 population in 2017-2019. This is similar to the England average
• There were 24 deaths in under 75s from preventable respiratory diseases per 100,000 population in 2017-2019. This is worse than the England average
• There were 60 deaths from preventable cancers per 100,000 population in 2017-2019. This is worse than the England average

Age well

• There were 1,893 hospital admissions due to falls in people aged 65+ per 100,000 65+ population in 2020/21 This is better than the England average
• The average male life expectancy was 79.2 in 2018-2020. This is similar to the England average
• The average female life expectancy was 82.4 in 2018-2020. This is worse than the England average

All figures have been calculated using the latest district level data available in August 2022 and rounded to whole numbers.