The Yorkshire & Humber Region

Yorkshire and the Humber is one of 10 new Strategic Health Authorities in England, created on 1st July 2006 and covers a population of 5,038,849.

NHS Yorkshire and the Humber is the fourth largest Strategic Health Authority in England, with a population of over 5 million and covering an area of 14,870 square kilometres. The Yorkshire and the Humber region embraces a diverse mix of communities ranging from cities such as Leeds, Bradford, York and Sheffield to remote rural areas such as the Yorkshire Dales. The region also includes North Yorkshire Primary Care Trust which is geographically the largest PCT in the country.

Health in the Yorkshire and Humber Region

There are 1,800 extra deaths each year in Yorkshire and Humber compared to the national average. On average, people die earlier in this region than elsewhere and there is no indication that this inequality is decreasing.
Health inequalities exist within the region. A baby boy born in Bradford can expect to die 4.7 years earlier than one born in Ryedale. We are all living longer, but the gap in life expectancy between this region’s quintile of local authority areas - where life expectancy is lowest - and the region as a whole is steadily increasing.

(Source: "Our Region, Our Health" Regional Director of Public Health Report, GOYH, 2004)