{
  "_meta": {
    "description": "HLE at birth by area-deprivation band — ONS, released 15 April 2026",
    "release_date": "2026-04-15",
    "sources": {
      "england": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthinequalities/datasets/healthylifeexpectancybynationalareadeprivationenglandtimeseries",
      "wales": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthinequalities/datasets/healthylifeexpectancybynationalareadeprivationwalestimeseries"
    },
    "england_bands": "10 IMD deciles (band 1 = most deprived 10%, band 10 = least)",
    "wales_bands": "5 WIMD quintiles (band 1 = most deprived 20%, band 5 = least)",
    "imd_versions": "2011-13 to 2015-17 use IMD 2015; 2016-18 to 2021-23 use IMD 2019; 2022-24 uses IMD 2025."
  },
  "england": {
    "2013 to 2015": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 52.1,
        "2": 56.2,
        "3": 59.4,
        "4": 61.7,
        "5": 64.0,
        "6": 65.0,
        "7": 66.8,
        "8": 67.5,
        "9": 68.4,
        "10": 70.4
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 52.2,
        "2": 56.0,
        "3": 59.5,
        "4": 62.7,
        "5": 64.7,
        "6": 66.7,
        "7": 67.1,
        "8": 68.5,
        "9": 69.1,
        "10": 71.3
      }
    },
    "2014 to 2016": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 52.3,
        "2": 56.3,
        "3": 59.2,
        "4": 62.1,
        "5": 64.4,
        "6": 64.9,
        "7": 66.5,
        "8": 67.4,
        "9": 68.8,
        "10": 70.2
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 51.9,
        "2": 56.6,
        "3": 59.5,
        "4": 62.7,
        "5": 64.1,
        "6": 65.7,
        "7": 66.8,
        "8": 68.2,
        "9": 68.7,
        "10": 70.8
      }
    },
    "2015 to 2017": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 52.1,
        "2": 57.0,
        "3": 59.1,
        "4": 61.9,
        "5": 64.0,
        "6": 64.7,
        "7": 66.5,
        "8": 67.7,
        "9": 68.9,
        "10": 70.3
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 52.2,
        "2": 56.8,
        "3": 59.4,
        "4": 62.1,
        "5": 64.5,
        "6": 65.7,
        "7": 66.9,
        "8": 68.0,
        "9": 68.7,
        "10": 70.5
      }
    },
    "2016 to 2018": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 52.2,
        "2": 56.7,
        "3": 59.2,
        "4": 61.8,
        "5": 64.1,
        "6": 64.6,
        "7": 66.7,
        "8": 67.7,
        "9": 69.1,
        "10": 70.3
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 51.8,
        "2": 56.6,
        "3": 59.4,
        "4": 61.9,
        "5": 65.4,
        "6": 65.4,
        "7": 67.1,
        "8": 68.3,
        "9": 69.1,
        "10": 70.8
      }
    },
    "2017 to 2019": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 52.5,
        "2": 56.4,
        "3": 58.7,
        "4": 62.0,
        "5": 63.9,
        "6": 64.4,
        "7": 66.7,
        "8": 67.0,
        "9": 68.9,
        "10": 70.4
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 51.7,
        "2": 56.1,
        "3": 59.0,
        "4": 62.0,
        "5": 64.3,
        "6": 64.9,
        "7": 67.1,
        "8": 67.6,
        "9": 68.2,
        "10": 71.1
      }
    },
    "2018 to 2020": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 52.3,
        "2": 56.8,
        "3": 58.6,
        "4": 61.3,
        "5": 64.2,
        "6": 65.2,
        "7": 66.3,
        "8": 67.6,
        "9": 68.2,
        "10": 70.3
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 51.7,
        "2": 56.7,
        "3": 59.5,
        "4": 61.9,
        "5": 64.5,
        "6": 65.2,
        "7": 67.5,
        "8": 68.6,
        "9": 69.4,
        "10": 70.7
      }
    },
    "2019 to 2021": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 52.0,
        "2": 56.2,
        "3": 59.2,
        "4": 60.5,
        "5": 63.8,
        "6": 64.8,
        "7": 65.7,
        "8": 67.1,
        "9": 68.6,
        "10": 70.4
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 51.4,
        "2": 56.2,
        "3": 60.3,
        "4": 61.6,
        "5": 64.3,
        "6": 64.7,
        "7": 67.2,
        "8": 68.5,
        "9": 69.1,
        "10": 70.3
      }
    },
    "2020 to 2022": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 51.4,
        "2": 55.9,
        "3": 59.0,
        "4": 60.3,
        "5": 62.8,
        "6": 64.4,
        "7": 65.4,
        "8": 67.0,
        "9": 68.4,
        "10": 70.2
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 50.3,
        "2": 54.8,
        "3": 59.1,
        "4": 61.1,
        "5": 62.9,
        "6": 64.2,
        "7": 66.2,
        "8": 67.9,
        "9": 68.6,
        "10": 70.0
      }
    },
    "2021 to 2023": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 50.2,
        "2": 54.8,
        "3": 58.3,
        "4": 60.7,
        "5": 62.1,
        "6": 63.8,
        "7": 63.9,
        "8": 66.1,
        "9": 67.7,
        "10": 70.0
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 48.8,
        "2": 54.2,
        "3": 57.4,
        "4": 60.7,
        "5": 62.9,
        "6": 64.4,
        "7": 64.6,
        "8": 66.3,
        "9": 67.6,
        "10": 69.1
      }
    },
    "2022 to 2024": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 49.8,
        "2": 54.1,
        "3": 56.9,
        "4": 60.1,
        "5": 62.2,
        "6": 62.8,
        "7": 64.0,
        "8": 65.5,
        "9": 66.8,
        "10": 69.2
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 48.2,
        "2": 55.1,
        "3": 56.9,
        "4": 58.5,
        "5": 61.8,
        "6": 63.8,
        "7": 64.9,
        "8": 65.4,
        "9": 67.4,
        "10": 68.5
      }
    }
  },
  "wales": {
    "2013 to 2015": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 52.2,
        "2": 57.8,
        "3": 62.3,
        "4": 65.2,
        "5": 68.5
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 52.9,
        "2": 58.2,
        "3": 63.8,
        "4": 66.6,
        "5": 70.1
      }
    },
    "2014 to 2016": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 51.5,
        "2": 57.6,
        "3": 62.9,
        "4": 65.2,
        "5": 68.8
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 52.6,
        "2": 58.0,
        "3": 63.5,
        "4": 66.9,
        "5": 69.4
      }
    },
    "2015 to 2017": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 51.7,
        "2": 58.0,
        "3": 62.9,
        "4": 64.5,
        "5": 68.7
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 52.0,
        "2": 58.1,
        "3": 62.5,
        "4": 66.1,
        "5": 69.5
      }
    },
    "2016 to 2018": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 52.4,
        "2": 57.9,
        "3": 62.1,
        "4": 64.5,
        "5": 68.8
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 51.6,
        "2": 59.1,
        "3": 61.9,
        "4": 65.2,
        "5": 69.8
      }
    },
    "2017 to 2019": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 53.6,
        "2": 58.1,
        "3": 62.2,
        "4": 64.7,
        "5": 67.8
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 51.2,
        "2": 59.5,
        "3": 63.2,
        "4": 64.9,
        "5": 69.1
      }
    },
    "2018 to 2020": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 54.2,
        "2": 58.6,
        "3": 61.4,
        "4": 65.5,
        "5": 67.6
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 50.9,
        "2": 59.6,
        "3": 63.1,
        "4": 65.5,
        "5": 70.0
      }
    },
    "2019 to 2021": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 53.8,
        "2": 57.7,
        "3": 61.8,
        "4": 66.3,
        "5": 68.1
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 50.6,
        "2": 58.2,
        "3": 64.2,
        "4": 66.4,
        "5": 68.9
      }
    },
    "2020 to 2022": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 51.7,
        "2": 58.4,
        "3": 61.8,
        "4": 65.5,
        "5": 68.1
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 47.9,
        "2": 57.0,
        "3": 62.2,
        "4": 65.9,
        "5": 68.0
      }
    },
    "2021 to 2023": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 52.2,
        "2": 57.1,
        "3": 62.2,
        "4": 64.2,
        "5": 67.5
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 48.8,
        "2": 55.9,
        "3": 61.0,
        "4": 64.8,
        "5": 67.3
      }
    },
    "2022 to 2024": {
      "Male": {
        "1": 49.7,
        "2": 56.5,
        "3": 60.9,
        "4": 62.1,
        "5": 67.8
      },
      "Female": {
        "1": 47.3,
        "2": 54.3,
        "3": 60.4,
        "4": 63.0,
        "5": 66.3
      }
    }
  }
}