Life expectancy in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk
Life expectancy at birth in King's Lynn and West Norfolk is 79.5 years for men and 83.6 for women. Life expectancy is similar to England’s for both men and women, allowing for the margins of error in the estimates. ONS’s annual healthy life expectancy is published for Norfolk as a whole, not for its districts.
- Life expectancy 81.6
- UK 81.1
- Annual healthy life expectancy: published for Norfolk only
Life expectancy: similar to England’s for both men and women
ONS period life expectancy at birth for 2022–2024: the average number of years a baby born in King's Lynn and West Norfolk would live if the death rates of those three years applied throughout life. It describes the population, not any one person. Definition and source.
- Similar to England (79.5)
- Similar to the UK (79.2)
- Similar to England (83.3)
- Similar to the UK (83.0)
- England 81.4
- United Kingdom 81.1
Ranks are among the 164 English districts, highest first, and describe the published estimates: councils close together in a ranking are often within each other’s confidence intervals. “Above” or “below” means the two 95% confidence intervals do not overlap; “similar to” means they do. England: men 79.5 (95% CI 79.4–79.5), women 83.3 (95% CI 83.3–83.4); United Kingdom: men 79.2 (95% CI 79.1–79.2), women 83.0 (95% CI 83.0–83.1). How Lifemap compares figures.
Healthy life expectancy: the annual figure is published for Norfolk only
ONS’s annual healthy life expectancy series covers upper-tier and single-tier councils, not English districts, so it has no figure for King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The annual figure for Norfolk, which includes King's Lynn and West Norfolk, is shown below, labelled as the county’s. After it comes a different, census-based ONS estimate for King's Lynn and West Norfolk itself, which is not comparable with the annual series.
ONS’s annual healthy life expectancy estimates, and OHID’s drinking figures, are published for upper-tier councils only. King's Lynn and West Norfolk is one of the districts in Norfolk; these are the figures for the whole county council area.
- Healthy life expectancy at birth, men 61.3 years 95% CI 58.8–63.8
- Healthy life expectancy at birth, women 61.1 years 95% CI 58.3–63.8
- Healthy life expectancy at 65, men 10.7 years
- Healthy life expectancy at 65, women 11.7 years
- Adults drinking over 14 units a week 25.1% Health Survey for England, 2015–18
Healthy life expectancy in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, census-based
ONS census-based estimate, 2019–2023 — not comparable with the annual series
The annual series above is published for Norfolk only. ONS also estimates healthy life expectancy for every council in England and Wales, districts included, from deaths registered in 2019 to 2023 and the health people reported in the 2021 Census. It uses a different method and period, and ONS says it is not comparable with the annual series, so it is set here only against other census-based figures. It describes people in King's Lynn and West Norfolk as a whole, on average.
- Similar to Norfolk’s census-based figure (64.9)
- Below England’s census-based figure (65.1)
- Below Norfolk’s census-based figure (66.7)
- Below England’s census-based figure (66.5)
Source: ONS, Health state life expectancy estimates for Middle layer Super Output Areas, England and Wales (2019 to 2023, released 30 July 2026), local-authority rows. “Above” or “below” means the two 95% confidence intervals do not overlap; “similar to” means they do. Definition · Annual and census-based estimates.
How the figures have changed
ONS figures for each three-year period, with the 95% confidence interval shaded. Consecutive periods share two of their three years, so the change from one period to the next is small: 42 of the 42 period-to-period changes shown here are within the confidence intervals. Compare periods several years apart, and check whether their intervals overlap. Reading trends.
- Men
- Women
- 95% confidence interval
Men: rose from 76.7 in 2001–2003 to 79.5 in 2022–2024, a change larger than the margins of error. Women: rose from 81.6 in 2001–2003 to 83.6 in 2022–2024, a change larger than the margins of error.
Life expectancy at birth: figures for each period
| Period | Men | 95% CI | Women | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–2024 | 79.5 | 78.9–80.1 | 83.6 | 83.1–84.1 |
| 2021–2023 | 79.4 | 78.8–79.9 | 83.5 | 82.9–84.0 |
| 2020–2022 | 79.1 | 78.6–79.7 | 83.2 | 82.7–83.7 |
| 2019–2021 | 79.4 | 78.8–80.0 | 82.8 | 82.3–83.4 |
| 2018–2020 | 79.4 | 78.8–80.0 | 82.7 | 82.2–83.3 |
| 2017–2019 | 79.8 | 79.2–80.3 | 82.7 | 82.1–83.2 |
| 2016–2018 | 80.1 | 79.6–80.6 | 82.8 | 82.3–83.3 |
| 2015–2017 | 80.2 | 79.7–80.8 | 83.1 | 82.5–83.6 |
| 2014–2016 | 80.0 | 79.4–80.5 | 83.6 | 83.1–84.2 |
| 2013–2015 | 79.7 | 79.1–80.3 | 83.6 | 83.1–84.1 |
| 2012–2014 | 79.7 | 79.1–80.2 | 83.7 | 83.2–84.2 |
| 2011–2013 | 79.8 | 79.2–80.3 | 83.5 | 83.0–84.0 |
| 2010–2012 | 79.4 | 78.9–80.0 | 83.7 | 83.2–84.2 |
| 2009–2011 | 79.2 | 78.6–79.8 | 83.8 | 83.3–84.3 |
| 2008–2010 | 79.1 | 78.5–79.7 | 83.4 | 82.9–83.9 |
| 2007–2009 | 79.1 | 78.5–79.7 | 82.8 | 82.3–83.3 |
| 2006–2008 | 78.6 | 78.0–79.2 | 82.1 | 81.5–82.7 |
| 2005–2007 | 78.2 | 77.6–78.8 | 82.1 | 81.5–82.7 |
| 2004–2006 | 77.9 | 77.3–78.5 | 82.1 | 81.6–82.7 |
| 2003–2005 | 77.8 | 77.2–78.4 | 81.9 | 81.4–82.4 |
| 2002–2004 | 77.2 | 76.5–77.8 | 81.7 | 81.2–82.2 |
| 2001–2003 | 76.7 | 76.1–77.3 | 81.6 | 81.1–82.2 |
ONS’s annual healthy life expectancy is not published for districts; the trend for Norfolk is on Norfolk’s page.
Years of life, and of good health, from age 65
The state pension age is rising from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028. At 2022–2024 rates, men reaching 65 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk could expect, on average, a further 19.2 years of life and women 22.0. These are averages for everyone of that age in the area, at the death rates and health of 2022–2024.
- England 18.9
- England 21.4
- Healthy life expectancy at 65: ONS’s annual series publishes it for upper-tier and single-tier councils only. See Norfolk’s figure in the county block.
ONS, 2022–2024. Lifemap’s dataset holds no confidence intervals for the figures at 65, so they are shown without comparison. Definitions and sources.
Inequality within King's Lynn and West Norfolk
The Slope Index of Inequality is the modelled gap in life expectancy at birth between the most and least deprived people within a council, estimated across the deprivation levels of all its neighbourhoods. Men in the most deprived parts of King's Lynn and West Norfolk are estimated to live 5.0 fewer years, on average, than men in the least deprived parts; women in the most deprived parts of King's Lynn and West Norfolk are estimated to live 3.9 fewer years, on average, than women in the least deprived parts.
- England 10.4
- England 8.0
- England 21.8
Slope Index of Inequality: OHID Fingertips indicator 92901 (inequality in life expectancy at birth), 2022–24. Deprivation score: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), via OHID Fingertips indicator 94240. The deprivation rank is among the 164 English districts, most deprived first. England only: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland measure deprivation with their own indices. Definitions: inequality in life expectancy · deprivation score.
Smoking, weight, activity, diet and drinking
Adult figures from each nation’s own health surveys. The definitions match across England, Scotland and Wales, but the surveys and periods differ, and Public Health Wales’s figures are age-standardised, so compare across borders with care. Survey periods and definitions.
- England 10.9%
- England 64.6%
- England 68.0%
- England 31.4%
- Adults drinking over 14 units a week: published for upper-tier councils only, not for districts. See Norfolk’s figure in the county block.
Definitions: smoking · overweight or obese · physically active · five a day · drinking over 14 units. Rankings among English districts: smoking · overweight or obese · physically active · five a day.
Cite this page
Lifemap (2026). Life expectancy in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, 2022–2024. Dataset version 26 September 2026. https://lifemap.org.uk/area/king-s-lynn-and-west-norfolk/ Data: Office for National Statistics (life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2022–2024); Office for National Statistics (census-based healthy life expectancy, 2019–2023); Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Fingertips (lifestyle, inequality and deprivation). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Office for National Statistics, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.