Life expectancies

How long, on average, people can expect to live using estimates of the population and the number of deaths.

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Baby boys born in the UK in 2020 can expect to live on average to age 87.3 years and girls to age 90.2 years, taking into account projected changes in mortality patterns over their lifetime.
Cohort life expectancy at birth in the UK is projected to increase by 2.8 years to reach 90.1 years for boys and by 2.4 years to 92.6 years for girls born in 2045.
People aged 65 years in the UK in 2020 can expect to live on average a further 19.7 years for males and 22.0 years for females, projected to rise to 21.9 years for males and 24.1 years for females aged 65 years in 2045.

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Life expectancy at birth and selected older ages

Annual data on life expectancy at birth and selected older ages for England, broken down by sex.
Expectation of life, low life expectancy variant, UK

Period and cohort expectation of life in the UK using the low life expectancy variant by single year of age 0 to 100.
Expectation of life, principal projection, UK

Period and cohort expectation of life in the UK using the principal projection by single year of age 0 to 100.
Life tables, principal projection, UK

Life tables for the UK, period and cohort, from the principal projection, single year of age 0 to 100. Historical data before 1961 are not national statistics.
Mortality rates (qx), principal projection, UK

Period and cohort mortality rates (qx) for the UK using the principal projection by single year of age 0 to 100.
National life tables: UK

Period life expectancy by age and sex for the UK. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

National life tables – life expectancy in the UK: 2018 to 2020

Trends in period life expectancy, a measure of the average number of years people will live beyond their current age, analysed by age and sex for the UK and its constituent countries.
Past and projected period and cohort life tables: 2020-based, UK, 1981 to 2070

Life expectancy (eₓ), probability of dying (qₓ) and number of persons surviving (lₓ) from the period and cohort life tables, using past and projected mortality data from the 2020-based interim national population projections (NPPs), for the UK and constituent countries.
National life tables – life expectancy in the UK: 2018 to 2020

Trends in period life expectancy, a measure of the average number of years people will live beyond their current age, analysed by age and sex for the UK and its constituent countries.
Life Expectancy at Birth and at Age 65 by Local Areas in England and Wales: 2012 to 2014

Trends for England and Wales (national, regional and local areas) in the average number of years people will live beyond their current age measured by "period life expectancy".
Trend in life expectancy by National Statistics Socioeconomic Classification, England and Wales: 1982 to 1986 and 2012 to 2016

Estimates of life expectancy by personal socio- economic position using the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification based on occupation.

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Changing trends in mortality: an international comparison

Analysis of period life expectancies and mortality in selected countries globally from 2000 to 2016.
Changing trends in mortality

Analysis of age-specific and age-standardised mortality rates for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from 1981 to 2016.
What are your chances of living to 100?

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