Mid Devon 001C sits within the Clare and Shuttern ward under the local district authority of Mid Devon.
This shows the health of the people living here, benchmarked against the average across the wider the South West of England region.
Overall, the UK considers itself to be healthy - 81.1% of residents rated their health as Very Good or Good.
Fewer people that live here regard their general health as bad when compared against the South West as a whole.
Across the South West of England, 5.2% of people regard their health as bad. In comparison with here, only 4.7% regard their health as bad, so there are fewer people living here that suffer from bad health.
The chart shows how people living in this area rate their health (orange) and how it compares against the South West of England average (blue).
| Proportion of people living here in this health category | |
| Very good health | 42.8% |
|---|---|
| Good health | 37.0% |
| Fair health | 15.5% |
| Bad health | 3.8% |
| Very bad health | 0.9% |
When a person is unable to do a task that they want to do, they are regarded as having their activities limited. It is linked to mobility, capability and independence of the residents living in this area.
89.4% of people living here don't have any issues that limit their day-to-day activities - this is 2.0% better than the wider region (the South West of England).
The people that live here of working age, have fewer health issues that impact their day-to-day activities when compared against the South West as a whole.
| People living here in each category | |
| Activities not limited | 89.4% |
|---|---|
| Activities limited a little | 5.8% |
| Activities limited a lot | 4.8% |