Public Health Outcomes Framework Reporting Tool
Authors: Analysis Team
Published on: 22nd September 2026
Current release: 22nd September 2026
Next release: 15th December 2026
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Introduction
First published in March 2016, the purpose of the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) is to help us understand the impact which our individual behaviours, public services, programmes and policies are having on health and well-being in Wales. Public Health Wales works closely with stakeholders from local public health teams and Welsh Government to produce this reporting tool. Developed in an agile way, we meet our stakeholders regularly to agree how the reporting tool looks, is navigated, and how indicators are broken down.
Table of contents:
Main points
In the latest iteration, the following indicators have been updated to include breakdowns by deprivation, age, sex, rurality and disability (where available):
NI: National indicator
| Indicator | Deprivation | Sex | Age | Rurality | Disability |
| (NI) A sense of community | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| (NI) People feeling lonely | Not available | 2021/22 – 2022/23 | 2021/22 – 2022/23 | Not available | 2021/22 – 2022/23 |
| Adults who smoke | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| Adults meeting physical activity guidelines | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| Adults drinking above guidelines | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| Adults eating five fruit or vegetable portions a day | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| Working age adults free from limiting long term illness | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| Working age adults of healthy weight | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| Working age adults in good health | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| Life satisfaction among working age adults | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| Older people free from limiting long term illness | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| Older people of healthy weight | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| Older people in good health | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| Life satisfaction among older people | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| (NI) People able to afford everyday goods and activities | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| (NI) People who volunteer | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
| (NI) Mental well-being among adults | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 | 2024/25 |
Next release:
We plan to update the following indicators, subject to data availability, in the December publication:
- Gap in employment rate for those with long term health condition
- Vaccination rates at age 4
- Low birth weight NI
- Breastfeeding at 10 days
- Quality of housing
- Smoking in pregnancy
- Teenage pregnancies
- Quality of the air we breathe
Data tables
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