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Life Expectancy by Area in the UK

Life expectancy at birth for 421 UK areas — every local authority, county, region and nation — split by sex (ONS, 2017-19). For 221 of these we also show healthy life expectancy at birth (2022-24): the years a person can expect to live in good general health. All figures are taken directly from Office for National Statistics releases.

Quick answer

This directory covers 421 UK areas. Each area page shows male and female life expectancy at birth — the average number of years a baby born in that area could expect to live under 2017-19 mortality rates — and, where the ONS publishes it, healthy life expectancy at birth (2022-24). Life expectancy at birth is a period estimate; it is not a prediction for any individual.

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East Midlands (46)

East of England (51)

England (1)

England79.8 / 83.4 yrs

London (33)

North East (14)

North West (44)

Northern Ireland (12)

Scotland (33)

South East (71)

South West (33)

Wales (23)

West Midlands (35)

Yorkshire and The Humber (25)

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Methodology

Life expectancy at birth (male/female) is the ONS period estimate for the 2017-19 reference period, taken from the ONS “Life expectancy by local authority” dataset. Healthy life expectancy at birth, shown where available, is from the ONS “Health state life expectancies (Healthy life expectancy), UK” release for the 2022-24 reference period. The two measures cover different reference periods and partially different geographies, so they are not directly subtractable. Every figure is taken directly from the ONS files; no value is estimated, fabricated or altered.

Contains public sector information published by the Office for National Statistics and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are sourced from the Office for National Statistics at www.ons.gov.uk. Life expectancy at birth and healthy life expectancy at birth are period estimates and may have been revised in later ONS releases. This directory is not affiliated with the ONS.