Adult physical activity (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)
Key issues
- The most recent data published by the Active Lives Survey shows that 61.2% of the 19+ population in South Tyneside are classed as active. This is significantly worse than the national prevalence of 66%
- 12.4% of the 19+ population is classified as fairly active. This is above the national average of 11.8%
- 26.4% of the 19+ population is classified as inactive. This is above the national average of 22.2%
- Estimates indicate that physical inactivity costs South Tyneside over £4,000,000 annually in Healthcare costs
- South Tyneside has a wide range of assets available that can provide opportunities for increasing physical activity levels. The assets include leisure services, parks and green space, sporting facilities and private and community groups that provide a mixture of formal and informal physical activity provision
- Brief advice in primary care has been shown to have a strong evidence base in getting people to become more active
- Walking and Cycling, which can be classified as everyday activities, have shown to be effective in increasing population physical activity levels
