Health in Wales

[3] In April 2007, ahead of England, it became the first to ban smoking in NHS hospitals and in 2019, the first country in the UK to ban smoking in outdoor school spaces, playgrounds and hospital grounds.

[4] January to March of 2020-21: Previous years shows no significant change in the proportion of adult reporting less than two healthy lifestyle behaviours between 2016-17 and 2019-20.

[5] 32% of adults took part in sport at least three times a week during the 2019-20 period, which was the same level as the previous two years.

Those more likely to partake in sporting activities three or more times a week included: men, younger age groups and people in employment.

The most recent data collected before the onset of the covid pandemic showed a slight deterioration in life satisfaction and anxiety.

[8] West Wales and the Valleys had the second-highest death rate from respiratory diseases of any region in Europe in 2015 at 152 per 100,000 population.