About the Public Health Outcomes Framework Data Tool

The Public Health Outcomes Framework Healthy lives, healthy people: Improving outcomes and supporting transparency sets out a vision for public health, desired outcomes and the indicators that will help us understand how well public health is being improved and protected.


The framework concentrates on two high-level outcomes to be achieved across the public health system, and groups further indicators into four ‘domains’ that cover the full spectrum of public health. The outcomes reflect a focus not only on how long people live, but on how well they live at all stages of life.


This tool currently presents data for available indicators at England and upper tier local authority levels, collated by Public Health England.


Please note: The data currently published in this tool are the baselines for the Public Health Outcomes Framework, together with more recent data where these are available. The baseline period is 2010 or equivalent, unless these data are unavailable or not deemed to be of sufficient quality. The first data were published in this tool as an official statistics release in November 2012. Future official statistics updates will be published as part of a quarterly update cycle in August, November, February and May. Exact dates will be preannounced on the Publication Hub.


The tool allows you to:

  • Compare your local authority against other authorities in the region
  • Benchmark your local authority against the England average

Public Health Outcomes Framework baseline data will be revised and corrected in accordance with the general Department of Health statistical policy on revisions and corrections.


We are currently carrying out a survey on the data tool and would appreciate your feedback on the tool and how you use it. Click here to go to the survey.

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Recent updates


May 2013

New baseline data have been published for indicators 2.15i and 2.15ii. This replaces indicator 2.15. The definition of indicator 1.06i has also been updated and new baseline data made available. More recent data (subsequent to the baseline period) have also been published for the indicators 1.15i, 1.15ii, 2.02i, 2.02ii, 2.04, 2.06i, 2.06ii, 2.08, 2.17, 2.21vii, 2.24, 3.02, 3.03i, 3.03iii, 3.03iv, 3.03v, 3.03vi, 3.03vii, 3.03viii, 3.03ix, 3.03x, 3.03xii, 3.03xiii, 3.03xiv, 3.03xv, 3.06, and 4.14 - trend data are now available to view for these. Data for indicator 2.22 have been revised for the following areas: England, Derbyshire, Dorset, Harrow, Tameside, Leeds, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, and Nottingham, in line with revised data from Department of Health released in November 2012. Baseline data for indicator 2.04 have been updated with revised population estimates following the 2011 Census. Indicator 3.03vi has been expanded to include data for 5 year olds.


February 2013

New baseline data have been published for indicators 1.12i, 3.04 and 4.08. More recent data (subsequent to the baseline period) have also been published for the indicators 1.04i, 1.12ii, 2.03, 2.14, 2.20i and 2.20ii - trend data are now available to view for these.


November 2012

Data for indicator 2.20i: Cancer screening coverage – breast cancer have been updated. This mainly affects Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, though there are slight changes to some other areas. Please see the notes section of the metadata for a list of those areas affected.


Browse Public Health Outcomes Framework by Indicator Domain

Overarching indicators


These are:

  • Healthy life expectancy
  • Differences in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy between communities.

Unfortunately baseline data for these indicators are not available at this time but will be added as they become available


Improving the wider determinants of health


Browse indicators for tracking progress in wider factors that affect health and wellbeing.


Health improvement


Browse indicators for tracking progress in helping people to live healthy lifestyles and make healthy choices.


Health protection


Browse indicators for tracking progress in protecting the population’s health from major incidents and other threats.


Healthcare public health and preventing premature mortality


Browse indicators for tracking progress in reducing numbers of people living with preventable ill health and people dying prematurely.