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National and international data

National datasets

The following section features datasets and interactive tools that quantify health inequalities/inequities and their determinants in Wales.

  • Office for National Statistics

    The producer of a wide range of economic, social and population statistics, the ONS publish over 600 releases a year. The ONS also run the Census which takes place once every 10 years – Census data is available through nomis.

  • Data Cymru

    With a strong focus on local government and public service delivery, Data Cymru holds data relating to people, communities and equalities; children, young people and education; employment and business; health and social care; environment and sustainability; 2021 Census; and local government.

  • Welsh Government – StatsWales

    StatsWales is a free-to-use service that allows you to view, manipulate, create and download tables from Welsh data.

  • The Department for Work and Pensions

    The DWP publishes statistics on benefits, pensions, employment programmes, income distribution and other subjects through a variety of data visualisations and online statistics tools.

International datasets

The following section features datasets and interactive tools that quantify health inequalities/inequities and their determinants across the globe.  

  • World Health Organisation – Europe

    The WHO European Health Equity Status Report initiative (HESRi) Health Equity Dataset provides a range of data analyses and visualisations which help provide a deeper understanding of the current status of health inequalities within countries in the European Region. The dataset can also be used to analyse whether there have been significant reductions or increases in these inequities over a given period.

  • The European Institute for Gender Equality

    The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) produces independent research and shares best practice to promote gender equality and eliminate discrimination based on gender. The database contains gender statistics from all over the European Union (EU) and beyond, at the EU, Member State and European level. It is aimed at providing statistical evidence which can be used to support and complement the European Commission’s (EC) Strategy on Gender Equality and support the Member States to monitor their progress.

  • Eurostat

    Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union whose mission is to provide high-quality statistics and data on Europe. Eurostat publish data on topics including economy and finance, population and social conditions, transport etc.

  • World Health Organisation – Health Equity Assessment Tool

    HEAT enables the interactive exploration and comparison of health inequalities in countries and territories. It includes health inequality data, including disaggregated data and summary measures visualised in a variety of interactive graphs, maps and tables.

  • World Health Organisation – Global Health Observatory

    The Global Health Observatory is the WHO’s gateway to health-related statistics for its 194 Member States. It provides access to over 1,000 indicators on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Millenium Development Goals, non-communicable disease and risk factors etc.

  • World Bank Group

    The Data Catalogue from the World Bank includes data from the World Bank’s microdata, finances and energy data platforms, as well as development indicators. Development indicators include things such as access to electricity, adequacy of social protection and labor programmes, among other wider determinants.

  • United Nations

    The SDG Indicators Database allows user to access more than 200 country or area profiles. The SDGs has a global indicator framework which includes 231 unique indicators. A large proportion of the indicators capture the determinants of health e.g. quality education.

  • OECD

    The OECD is a forum and knowledge hub for data, analysis and best practices in public policy. Their data covers policy areas such as the economy, employment, health, among others.

  • International Labour Organisation

    ILOSTAT is hosted by the ILO Department of Statistics, the focal point to the UN for labour statistics.