Release:National Life Tables - life expectancy in the UK: 2018 to 2020

Contact:
Julian Buxton

Release date:
23 September 2021 09:30

Next release:
September 2022

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.

Publications

Data

  • Mortality rates (qx), by single year of age

    Mortality rates (qx) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format.

  • Period expectation of life (ex), by single year of age

    Period life expectancy (ex) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format.

  • 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: England and Wales

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for England and Wales. 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 2020

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

  • National life tables: Scotland

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for Scotland. 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: England

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for England. 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: Great Britain

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for Great Britain. 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: Wales

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

  • Numbers dying between exact age x and x+1 (dx), by single year of age

    Numbers dying between exact age x and x+1 (dx) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format.

  • Number surviving at exact age (lx), by single year of age

    Number surviving at exact age (lx) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format.

  • National life tables: Northern Ireland

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