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Health state life expectancies by national deprivation deciles, England: 2017 to 2019
What's in the bulletin?
- In 2017 to 2019 the difference in life expectancy (LE) at birth between the least and most deprived areas in England, as measured by the Slope Index of Inequality (SII), was 9.4 years for males and 7.6 years for females; the gap has remained constant for males but a small increase was observed for females since 2014 to 2016.
- Females and males living in the least deprived areas of England saw a significant increase in life expectancy between 2014 to 2016 and 2017 to 2019; in the most deprived areas no significant changes were observed.
- The SII in healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth was 19.0 years for males and 19.3 years for females, amounting to almost two decades less of life in good general health among those living in the most deprived areas of England compared with the least.
Health state life expectancies by national deprivation deciles, Wales: 2017 to 2019
What's in the bulletin?
- The difference in life expectancy (LE) at birth between the least and most deprived areas in Wales, as measured by the Slope Index of Inequality (SII), was 8.9 years for males and 7.4 years for females in 2017 to 2019.
- Between 2014 to 2016 and 2017 to 2019, there were no significant changes in life expectancy at birth of those living in the most and least deprived areas of Wales.
- In 2017 to 2019, healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth for females living in the most deprived areas was 50.2 years, compared with 68.4 years in the least deprived areas; for males it was 51.8 and 68.6 years respectively.
Datasets related to Health inequalities
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Health state life expectancies by Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD 2015 and IMD 2019): England, all ages
Life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) by national deprivation deciles (IMD 2015 and IMD 2019), England: 2011 to 2019.
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Health state life expectancies by Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD 2015 and IMD 2019), England, at birth and age 65 years
Life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE), Slope Index of Inequality (SII) and range at birth and age 65 by national deprivation deciles (IMD 2015 and IMD 2019), England, 2011 to 2019.
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Health state life expectancies by Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD 2014 and WIMD 2019), Wales, at birth and age 65 years
Life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE), Slope Index of Inequality (SII) and range at birth and age 65 years by national deprivation deciles (WIMD 2014 and WIMD 2019), Wales, 2011 to 2019.
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Life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, disability-free life expectancy by Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD 2015)
Life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) by national deprivation deciles (IMD 2015), England: 2016 to 2018.
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Changing trends in mortality by national indices of deprivation, England and Wales
Annual age-standardised and age-specific mortality rates by indices of deprivation for England and Wales (Experimental Statistics).
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Life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), disability-free life expectancy (DfLE) by Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD 2014), Wales
Life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) by national deprivation deciles (WIMD 2014), Wales: 2016 to 2018.
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