Life expectancies

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

Highlights

In 2012 to 2014, life expectancy for newborn baby boys was highest in Kensington and Chelsea (83.3 years) and lowest in Blackpool (74.7 years). For newborn baby girls, life expectancy was highest in Chiltern (86.7 years) and lowest in Middlesbrough (79.8 years)
When this series first began (1991 to 1993), East Dorset had the highest male and female life expectancy at birth. Two decades later, baby boys in Blackpool and girls in Middlesbrough can still expect lower life expectancy. In contrast, baby girls in Chiltern, and boys in Kensington and Chelsea, can expect to live 4 to 5 years longer
The inequality between the local areas with the highest and lowest newborn life expectancy has increased despite improvements across local areas over the last 2 decades

Baby boys born in the UK in 2018 can expect to live on average to age 87.6 years and girls to age 90.2 years, taking into account projected changes in mortality patterns over their lifetime.
In 25 years, cohort life expectancy at birth in the UK is projected to increase by 2.8 years to reach 90.4 years for boys and by 2.4 years to 92.6 years for girls born in 2043.
People aged 65 years in the UK in 2018 can expect to live on average a further 19.9 years for males and 22.0 years for females, projected to rise to 22.2 years for males and 24.2 years for females in 2043.

Use our calculator to find out your life expectancy, your chance of living to 100 and how long you’re likely to need to make your pension pot last.

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.
Single-year life tables, UK: 1980 to 2018

Period life expectancy by age and sex. Each life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a single year.

Past and projected period and cohort life tables, 2018-based, UK: 1981 to 2068

Life expectancy (eₓ), probability of dying (qₓ) and numbers surviving (lₓ) from the period and cohort life tables, past and projected, for the UK and constituent countries.
National life tables, UK: 2016 to 2018

Trends in the average number of years people will live beyond their current age measured by period life expectancy, 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 at birth and at age 65 by socio-economic position based on the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification, England and Wales: 1982—1986 to 2007—2011

Estimates of life expectancy by personal socioecnomic 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 is my life expectancy? And how might it change?

Use our calculator to find out your life expectancy, your chance of living to 100 and how long you’re likely to need to make your pension pot last.
What are your chances of living to 100?

A handy guide to let you know where to find local statistics.