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Closing the inequality gap

Disparity in health, wellbeing, and social factors across different groups in Suffolk

Inequalities in Suffolk are affected by issues from socioeconomic factors to specific health conditions and demographic characteristics.

Suffolk's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment is created as web pages, PowerBI dashboards, PDF documents, infographics and other formats.

Suffolk statistics are compared to England where possible. Smaller areas of Suffolk are contrasted with the whole county.

This page groups JSNA content most relevant to closing the inequality gap. To see everything related to the JSNA, go to the main JSNA page or search the report index.

Click here to go to the accessible and up-to-date closing the inequality gap infographic

The infographic is a Suffolk overview - use it with other JSNA data & resources. Where indicators have been colour-coded, this shows statistical significance compared to England data. Source information for users to explore the data more thoroughly is linked at the bottom right of the graphic.

Dashboards - data visualisations

These are regularly updated with the latest data.

Cost of living - including inflation, family expenditure, road fuel and energy prices, jobs, employment, pay, Universal Credit, Citizens Advice and crime data.

Employment, economy and skills (Suffolk summary) - compares with Suffolk districts and boroughs, and with the East of England where possible.

The Health inequalities dashboard gives examples of inequalities and their impacts before showing differences between age groups and smaller areas.

Health (Suffolk summary) includes measures for wider determinants of health and health behaviours at county, district and borough levels.

Web reports

Each web page links to information divided into different documents.

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller health needs assessment (2023) - created with engagement from the communities. These communities are known to face some of the severest inequalities in health and care access and outcomes.  

Mental health needs assessment (2023) - with a specific chapter on the mental health of veterans. 

Smoking and vaping health needs assessment (2024) - assessment and appendices containing general information on the impact and prevalence of smoking and vaping, as well as local target population groups including the homeless, prisoners, LGBTQ+.

Closing the inequalities gap documents (PDF reports, presentations and infographics)

Report index

Filtered to show the most relevant resources for closing the inequality gap.