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Health state life expectancies by national deprivation deciles, England: 2018 to 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- In 2018 to 2020, males living in the most deprived areas were living 9.7 years fewer than males living in the least deprived areas, with the gap at 7.9 years for females; both sexes have seen statistically significant increases in the inequality in life expectancy at birth since 2015 to 2017.
- Female healthy life expectancy at birth in the most deprived areas was 19.3 years fewer than in the least deprived areas in 2018 to 2020; for males it was 18.6 years fewer.
- Male disability-free life expectancy at birth in the most deprived areas was 17.6 years fewer than in the least deprived areas in 2018 to 2020; for females it was 16.8 years fewer.
Health state life expectancies by national deprivation quintiles, Wales: 2018 to 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- In 2018 to 2020, male life expectancy at birth in the most deprived areas in Wales was 74.1 years compared with 81.6 years in the least deprived areas; the same comparison among females was 78.4 years and 84.7 years respectively.
- Female life expectancy at birth in the most deprived areas significantly decreased by 0.7 years between 2015 to 2017 and 2018 to 2020.
- Male healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth in 2018 to 2020 was 54.2 years in the most deprived areas compared with 67.6 years in the least deprived areas; for females, the same comparison was 53.3 and 70.2 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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