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Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in England

Name: Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in England
Creator: Lifemap
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Life expectancy at birth in England is 79.5 years for men and 83.3 for women; healthy life expectancy, the years lived in good general health, is 60.9 and 61.3 years (ONS, 2022–2024). Life expectancy is above the UK’s for both men (by 0.3 years) and women (by 0.3 years), a difference larger than the margins of error. Healthy life expectancy is similar to the UK’s for both men and women, allowing for the margins of error in the estimates.

At a glance Average of men and women, in years

Healthy life expectancy 61.1
Years in poorer health 20.3
Life expectancy 81.4
UK: 60.8 healthy, 81.1 in total

Dataset version: 26 September 2026
Data period: 2022–2024
Source: ONS
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

§ 01 · Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy: above the UK’s for both men and women

ONS period life expectancy at birth for 2022–2024: the average number of years a baby born in England would live if the death rates of those three years applied throughout life. It describes the population, not any one person. Definition and source.

Men

79.5 years

95% CI 79.4–79.5

Above the UK (79.2)

Women

83.3 years

95% CI 83.3–83.4

Above the UK (83.0)

Average of men and women

81.4 years

United Kingdom 81.1

Lifemap’s average of the two published figures. No interval is calculated for it, so it is not compared.

“Above” or “below” means the two 95% confidence intervals do not overlap; “similar to” means they do. United Kingdom: men 79.2 (95% CI 79.1–79.2), women 83.0 (95% CI 83.0–83.1). How Lifemap compares figures.

§ 02 · Healthy life expectancy at birth

Healthy life expectancy: similar to the UK’s for both men and women

ONS healthy life expectancy at birth for 2022–2024: of the years in life expectancy, the number a baby born in England would live in good general health, based on how people rate their own health in a survey. Because it rests on a survey sample, its intervals are wider than those for life expectancy. Definition and source.

Men

60.9 years

95% CI 60.7–61.2

Similar to the UK (60.7)

Women

61.3 years

95% CI 61.0–61.6

Similar to the UK (60.9)

Average of men and women

61.1 years

United Kingdom 60.8

Lifemap’s average of the two published figures. No interval is calculated for it, so it is not compared.

Comparisons work as for life expectancy above. United Kingdom: men 60.7 (95% CI 60.5–60.9), women 60.9 (95% CI 60.7–61.2). How Lifemap compares figures.

Average of men and women

England, year by year

61.1 years of healthy life expectancy and 20.3 in poorer health, 81.4 in total. One square per year, rounded to whole years.

Healthy life expectancy Years in poorer health Up to age 100

Years in poorer health

Life expectancy minus healthy life expectancy: Lifemap’s arithmetic on the ONS figures, which ONS does not publish itself. Definition · Ranking of councils.

Men

18.6 years

United Kingdom 18.5

Women

22.0 years

United Kingdom 22.1

Average of men and women

20.3 years

United Kingdom 20.3

§ 03 · Trends

How the figures have changed

ONS figures for England for each three-year period, with the 95% confidence interval shaded. Because these estimates are precise, 36 of the 64 period-to-period changes shown here are larger than the confidence intervals. Consecutive periods still share two of their three years, so compare periods several years apart, and check whether their intervals overlap. Reading trends.

Life expectancy at birth (years), 2001–2003 to 2022–2024

Men
Women
95% confidence interval

Men: rose from 76.2 in 2001–2003 to 79.5 in 2022–2024, a change larger than the margins of error. Women: rose from 80.7 in 2001–2003 to 83.3 in 2022–2024, a change larger than the margins of error.

Life expectancy at birth: figures for each period

Life expectancy at birth (years) with 95% confidence intervals
Period	Men	95% CI	Women	95% CI
2022–2024	79.5	79.4–79.5	83.3	83.3–83.4
2021–2023	79.1	79.1–79.1	83.1	83.0–83.1
2020–2022	78.9	78.8–78.9	82.8	82.8–82.8
2019–2021	79.0	79.0–79.1	82.9	82.9–83.0
2018–2020	79.3	79.3–79.3	83.1	83.0–83.1
2017–2019	79.7	79.6–79.7	83.3	83.3–83.3
2016–2018	79.5	79.5–79.6	83.2	83.1–83.2
2015–2017	79.5	79.5–79.5	83.1	83.1–83.1
2014–2016	79.5	79.5–79.5	83.1	83.1–83.1
2013–2015	79.4	79.4–79.5	83.1	83.1–83.1
2012–2014	79.4	79.4–79.4	83.1	83.1–83.1
2011–2013	79.3	79.3–79.3	83.0	83.0–83.0
2010–2012	79.1	79.1–79.1	82.9	82.8–82.9
2009–2011	78.8	78.8–78.8	82.7	82.7–82.7
2008–2010	78.4	78.3–78.4	82.3	82.3–82.4
2007–2009	78.1	78.0–78.1	82.1	82.1–82.1
2006–2008	77.8	77.7–77.8	81.9	81.8–81.9
2005–2007	77.5	77.5–77.6	81.7	81.7–81.7
2004–2006	77.2	77.2–77.3	81.5	81.5–81.5
2003–2005	76.8	76.8–76.9	81.1	81.1–81.2
2002–2004	76.5	76.5–76.5	80.9	80.9–80.9
2001–2003	76.2	76.2–76.2	80.7	80.7–80.7

Healthy life expectancy at birth (years), 2011–2013 to 2022–2024

Men
Women
95% confidence interval

Men: fell from 63.0 in 2011–2013 to 60.9 in 2022–2024, a change larger than the margins of error. Women: fell from 63.9 in 2011–2013 to 61.3 in 2022–2024, a change larger than the margins of error.

Healthy life expectancy at birth: figures for each period

Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) with 95% confidence intervals
Period	Men	95% CI	Women	95% CI
2022–2024	60.9	60.7–61.2	61.3	61.0–61.6
2021–2023	61.5	61.3–61.8	61.9	61.6–62.2
2020–2022	62.3	62.1–62.5	62.8	62.5–63.1
2019–2021	62.7	62.5–62.9	63.7	63.5–64.0
2018–2020	63.1	62.9–63.3	64.0	63.8–64.3
2017–2019	63.2	63.0–63.4	63.7	63.5–64.0
2016–2018	63.3	63.1–63.5	64.1	63.9–64.3
2015–2017	63.3	63.2–63.5	64.0	63.8–64.2
2014–2016	63.3	63.1–63.5	64.0	63.8–64.3
2013–2015	63.2	63.0–63.4	64.2	64.0–64.4
2012–2014	63.2	63.0–63.4	63.9	63.8–64.1
2011–2013	63.0	62.9–63.2	63.9	63.7–64.1

§ 04 · At age 65

Years of life, and of good health, from age 65

At 2022–2024 rates, men reaching 65 in England could expect, on average, a further 18.9 years of life, 10.1 of them in good health; for women the figures are 21.4 and 11.1 years. These are averages for everyone of that age, at the death rates and health of 2022–2024.

Life expectancy at 65, men

18.9 years

United Kingdom 18.8

Life expectancy at 65, women

21.4 years

United Kingdom 21.2

Healthy life expectancy at 65, men

10.1 years

United Kingdom 10.0

Healthy life expectancy at 65, women

11.1 years

United Kingdom 11.0

ONS, 2022–2024. Lifemap’s dataset holds no confidence intervals for the figures at 65, so they are shown without comparison. Definitions and sources.

§ 05 · Regions

England’s nine regions

ONS publishes the same figures for England’s nine regions. Each is compared with England: “above” or “below” only when the two 95% confidence intervals do not overlap, “similar” when they do.

Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth, years, 2022–2024: England and its nine regions, men and women, with 95% confidence intervals, compared with England
Area	Men, Years	Men, 95% CI	Men, Compared with England	Women, Years	Women, 95% CI	Women, Compared with England
	Men			Women
England	79.5	79.4–79.5	Reference	83.3	83.3–83.4	Reference
North East	77.7	77.5–77.8	Below	81.6	81.5–81.8	Below
North West	77.9	77.9–78.0	Below	81.9	81.8–82.0	Below
Yorkshire and The Humber	78.3	78.2–78.4	Below	82.3	82.2–82.4	Below
East Midlands	79.0	78.9–79.1	Below	82.8	82.8–82.9	Below
West Midlands	78.7	78.6–78.8	Below	82.8	82.7–82.8	Below
East of England	80.3	80.2–80.4	Above	84.0	83.9–84.0	Above
London	80.5	80.4–80.5	Above	84.7	84.6–84.8	Above
South East	80.7	80.6–80.7	Above	84.4	84.3–84.4	Above
South West	80.3	80.2–80.4	Above	84.1	84.0–84.2	Above

Healthy life expectancy at birth

Healthy life expectancy at birth, years, 2022–2024: England and its nine regions, men and women, with 95% confidence intervals, compared with England
Area	Men, Years	Men, 95% CI	Men, Compared with England	Women, Years	Women, 95% CI	Women, Compared with England
	Men			Women
England	60.9	60.7–61.2	Reference	61.3	61.0–61.6	Reference
North East	57.0	56.1–57.9	Below	56.9	55.9–57.9	Below
North West	58.3	57.5–59.0	Below	59.2	58.4–60.0	Below
Yorkshire and The Humber	58.2	57.4–59.1	Below	58.6	57.7–59.5	Below
East Midlands	59.4	58.5–60.4	Below	59.3	58.3–60.4	Below
West Midlands	60.2	59.4–61.0	Similar	59.6	58.7–60.5	Below
East of England	62.3	61.5–63.2	Above	62.0	61.0–63.0	Similar
London	62.9	62.1–63.7	Above	62.9	62.0–63.9	Above
South East	63.0	62.4–63.6	Above	64.3	63.5–65.0	Above
South West	62.4	61.7–63.2	Above	62.4	61.6–63.3	Similar

§ 06 · Lowest and highest

Lowest and highest councils in England

The councils with the lowest and highest published estimates, for men and women, in 2022–2024. Life expectancy is compared across districts and single-tier councils, not the counties, whose figures include their districts’; healthy life expectancy across the upper-tier councils ONS publishes it for. Councils near either end are often within each other’s confidence intervals.

Lowest and highest council figures in England, years, 2022–2024
Measure	Lowest	Highest	Councils
Life expectancy, men	73.7 Blackpool	83.7 Hart	294
Life expectancy, women	79.1 Blackpool	87.1 Kensington and Chelsea	294
Healthy life expectancy, men	50.9 Blackpool	69.3 Richmond upon Thames	151
Healthy life expectancy, women	51.2 Hartlepool	70.3 Richmond upon Thames	151

§ 07 · Councils

Every council in England

England’s 315 councils in two tables: 151 upper-tier councils (counties, unitary authorities, metropolitan and London boroughs) and 164 districts, which sit within the counties. Figures in years, 2022–2024. Each council’s page has the 95% confidence intervals and comparisons, and the rankings put them in order.

Upper-tier councils

English upper-tier councils: life expectancy and healthy life expectancy at birth, men and women, and years in poorer health, 2022–2024
Council	Type	Region	Life expectancy, Men	Life expectancy, Women	Healthy life expectancy, Men	Healthy life expectancy, Women	Years in poorer health, Average of men and women
			Life expectancy		Healthy life expectancy		Years in poorer health
Barking and Dagenham	London borough	London	78.3	81.7	59.6	59.0	20.7
Barnet	London borough	London	82.5	85.9	62.7	61.7	22.0
Barnsley	Metropolitan borough	Yorkshire and The Humber	77.2	81.1	55.2	55.3	23.9
Bath and North East Somerset	Unitary authority	South West	81.4	84.9	65.3	65.6	17.7
Bedford	Unitary authority	East of England	79.6	83.9	62.5	62.7	19.2
Bexley	London borough	London	80.3	83.5	61.9	61.1	20.4
Birmingham	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	77.1	81.8	58.3	58.0	21.3
Blackburn with Darwen	Unitary authority	North West	76.5	80.4	54.0	54.4	24.3
Blackpool	Unitary authority	North West	73.7	79.1	50.9	51.8	25.0
Bolton	Metropolitan borough	North West	76.9	81.4	54.6	55.3	24.2
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	Unitary authority	South West	79.7	83.9	61.4	61.5	20.3
Bracknell Forest	Unitary authority	South East	81.2	85.2	65.2	67.0	17.1
Bradford	Metropolitan borough	Yorkshire and The Humber	77.0	81.7	57.4	58.2	21.6
Brent	London borough	London	80.0	85.5	64.5	65.2	17.9
Brighton and Hove	Unitary authority	South East	79.4	83.6	61.1	62.6	19.6
Bristol, City of	Unitary authority	South West	78.5	83.0	60.1	60.1	20.7
Bromley	London borough	London	81.9	85.7	67.5	67.7	16.2
Buckinghamshire	Unitary authority	South East	81.5	85.5	65.3	66.9	17.4
Bury	Metropolitan borough	North West	78.1	82.0	57.4	58.2	22.3
Calderdale	Metropolitan borough	Yorkshire and The Humber	78.2	82.5	60.2	60.9	19.8
Cambridgeshire	County	East of England	81.0	84.2	62.3	61.5	20.7
Camden	London borough	London	80.7	85.9	59.8	59.4	23.7
Central Bedfordshire	Unitary authority	East of England	80.6	84.2	61.5	60.9	21.2
Cheshire East	Unitary authority	North West	80.2	83.8	64.5	66.0	16.7
Cheshire West and Chester	Unitary authority	North West	79.6	83.7	61.6	62.9	19.4
Cornwall	Unitary authority	South West	79.5	83.6	60.2	60.0	21.5
County Durham	Unitary authority	North East	77.8	81.3	55.9	55.4	23.9
Coventry	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	77.4	81.8	59.2	58.9	20.5
Croydon	London borough	London	79.9	84.3	66.7	67.5	15.0
Cumberland	Unitary authority	North West	77.8	81.7	59.0	60.1	20.2
Darlington	Unitary authority	North East	77.7	81.5	58.6	58.6	21.0
Derby	Unitary authority	East Midlands	78.3	81.8	57.7	57.4	22.5
Derbyshire	County	East Midlands	79.2	82.7	60.5	60.5	20.5
Devon	County	South West	80.6	84.6	63.7	64.0	18.7
Doncaster	Metropolitan borough	Yorkshire and The Humber	76.9	81.3	55.1	55.4	23.8
Dorset	Unitary authority	South West	81.1	84.8	65.3	65.6	17.5
Dudley	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	78.9	83.0	59.6	58.9	21.7
Ealing	London borough	London	80.6	85.4	62.6	62.8	20.3
East Riding of Yorkshire	Unitary authority	Yorkshire and The Humber	80.0	83.4	59.5	59.5	22.2
East Sussex	County	South East	80.2	83.8	59.2	59.9	22.4
Enfield	London borough	London	81.2	85.1	61.1	60.8	22.2
Essex	County	East of England	80.4	84.0	62.7	62.4	19.6
Gateshead	Metropolitan borough	North East	76.9	81.5	58.0	58.4	21.0
Gloucestershire	County	South West	80.3	83.9	63.4	63.4	18.7
Greenwich	London borough	London	79.4	82.9	58.5	57.5	23.2
Hackney	London borough	London	78.3	82.9	59.3	58.9	21.5
Halton	Unitary authority	North West	77.3	80.8	56.4	56.8	22.5
Hammersmith and Fulham	London borough	London	80.0	84.6	66.2	67.1	15.6
Hampshire	County	South East	81.5	84.8	64.2	65.1	18.5
Haringey	London borough	London	80.0	85.5	58.3	58.2	24.5
Harrow	London borough	London	81.9	85.8	62.9	62.7	21.1
Hartlepool	Unitary authority	North East	77.3	80.3	52.1	51.2	27.1
Havering	London borough	London	80.5	84.0	63.8	63.3	18.7
Herefordshire, County of	Unitary authority	West Midlands	80.2	83.6	62.3	61.7	19.9
Hertfordshire	County	East of England	81.1	84.7	65.4	65.5	17.4
Hillingdon	London borough	London	80.0	84.5	64.4	64.7	17.7
Hounslow	London borough	London	80.3	84.7	59.6	59.4	23.0
Isle of Wight	Unitary authority	South East	80.5	84.0	58.6	59.3	23.3
Islington	London borough	London	78.7	83.7	60.5	60.5	20.7
Kensington and Chelsea	London borough	London	82.2	87.1	66.5	66.8	18.0
Kent	County	South East	79.7	83.7	62.5	63.9	18.5
Kingston upon Hull, City of	Unitary authority	Yorkshire and The Humber	75.5	80.4	53.1	53.3	24.8
Kingston upon Thames	London borough	London	82.0	85.4	66.9	67.0	16.7
Kirklees	Metropolitan borough	Yorkshire and The Humber	78.0	82.0	57.8	58.0	22.1
Knowsley	Metropolitan borough	North West	77.2	80.3	54.0	53.7	24.9
Lambeth	London borough	London	78.9	83.8	63.7	64.6	17.2
Lancashire	County	North West	78.4	82.2	59.3	60.3	20.5
Leeds	Metropolitan borough	Yorkshire and The Humber	78.8	82.6	60.4	60.9	20.0
Leicester	Unitary authority	East Midlands	77.0	81.3	57.8	57.9	21.3
Leicestershire	County	East Midlands	80.5	84.0	61.5	61.4	20.8
Lewisham	London borough	London	78.9	83.6	58.3	58.1	23.1
Lincolnshire	County	East Midlands	78.7	82.7	58.6	58.6	22.1
Liverpool	Metropolitan borough	North West	76.1	80.3	55.8	56.7	21.9
Luton	Unitary authority	East of England	78.6	82.6	56.9	55.8	24.2
Manchester	Metropolitan borough	North West	75.6	80.1	56.7	57.7	20.7
Medway	Unitary authority	South East	78.7	82.6	59.0	60.2	21.1
Merton	London borough	London	80.9	85.0	62.4	61.9	20.8
Middlesbrough	Unitary authority	North East	75.5	80.5	53.9	54.2	23.9
Milton Keynes	Unitary authority	South East	80.2	83.0	60.8	61.5	20.4
Newcastle upon Tyne	Metropolitan borough	North East	77.5	81.9	60.3	60.7	19.2
Newham	London borough	London	79.2	83.6	62.8	63.1	18.4
Norfolk	County	East of England	79.8	83.6	61.3	61.1	20.5
North East Lincolnshire	Unitary authority	Yorkshire and The Humber	76.8	81.1	54.7	54.9	24.2
North Lincolnshire	Unitary authority	Yorkshire and The Humber	77.6	82.3	58.7	59.6	20.8
North Northamptonshire	Unitary authority	East Midlands	78.8	82.6	58.7	58.3	22.2
North Somerset	Unitary authority	South West	80.8	84.2	62.6	62.4	20.0
North Tyneside	Metropolitan borough	North East	78.2	82.0	57.6	57.4	22.6
North Yorkshire	Unitary authority	Yorkshire and The Humber	80.4	84.1	64.5	65.4	17.3
Northumberland	Unitary authority	North East	79.1	83.2	59.8	59.9	21.3
Nottingham	Unitary authority	East Midlands	76.4	80.8	55.6	55.3	23.1
Nottinghamshire	County	East Midlands	79.1	83.2	58.9	58.7	22.4
Oldham	Metropolitan borough	North West	77.3	81.3	56.1	56.7	22.9
Oxfordshire	County	South East	81.6	85.1	65.4	66.6	17.4
Peterborough	Unitary authority	East of England	78.1	81.9	58.0	57.4	22.3
Plymouth	Unitary authority	South West	78.6	82.6	55.2	54.0	26.0
Portsmouth	Unitary authority	South East	78.1	82.6	57.5	58.6	22.3
Reading	Unitary authority	South East	79.4	83.3	61.7	63.0	19.0
Redbridge	London borough	London	80.9	85.0	63.5	63.3	19.6
Redcar and Cleveland	Unitary authority	North East	77.0	81.5	54.3	54.3	25.0
Richmond upon Thames	London borough	London	82.7	86.8	69.3	70.3	15.0
Rochdale	Metropolitan borough	North West	77.3	81.3	53.8	54.2	25.3
Rotherham	Metropolitan borough	Yorkshire and The Humber	78.2	81.2	55.6	55.1	24.3
Rutland	Unitary authority	East Midlands	81.9	84.8	65.0	64.8	18.5
Salford	Metropolitan borough	North West	76.7	80.9	57.2	58.2	21.1
Sandwell	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	76.7	81.2	52.7	51.3	27.0
Sefton	Metropolitan borough	North West	78.7	82.0	59.0	59.5	21.1
Sheffield	Metropolitan borough	Yorkshire and The Humber	78.5	82.0	57.4	57.4	22.9
Shropshire	Unitary authority	West Midlands	80.4	84.0	63.0	62.4	19.5
Slough	Unitary authority	South East	77.9	82.6	60.1	61.8	19.3
Solihull	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	80.2	84.3	63.2	62.9	19.2
Somerset	Unitary authority	South West	80.2	84.1	62.8	63.0	19.3
South Gloucestershire	Unitary authority	South West	81.0	84.7	64.2	64.0	18.8
South Tyneside	Metropolitan borough	North East	76.8	81.0	55.9	55.8	23.0
Southampton	Unitary authority	South East	78.0	82.6	57.6	59.0	22.0
Southend-on-Sea	Unitary authority	East of England	78.7	82.9	61.3	61.4	19.4
Southwark	London borough	London	79.4	83.7	62.6	62.7	18.9
St. Helens	Metropolitan borough	North West	77.5	81.0	55.7	56.0	23.4
Staffordshire	County	West Midlands	79.9	83.5	63.0	62.5	18.9
Stockport	Metropolitan borough	North West	79.5	83.4	61.8	63.1	19.0
Stockton-on-Tees	Unitary authority	North East	78.7	81.8	55.6	54.9	25.0
Stoke-on-Trent	Unitary authority	West Midlands	77.1	80.7	55.1	53.5	24.6
Suffolk	County	East of England	80.6	84.2	62.1	61.7	20.5
Sunderland	Metropolitan borough	North East	77.1	81.2	56.4	56.3	22.8
Surrey	County	South East	81.8	85.3	65.1	66.4	17.8
Sutton	London borough	London	80.9	84.5	68.3	68.7	14.2
Swindon	Unitary authority	South West	79.9	83.7	61.5	61.4	20.3
Tameside	Metropolitan borough	North West	76.9	81.1	55.2	56.0	23.4
Telford and Wrekin	Unitary authority	West Midlands	78.3	82.2	56.7	55.4	24.2
Thurrock	Unitary authority	East of England	78.9	82.7	58.9	58.2	22.2
Torbay	Unitary authority	South West	78.6	83.2	61.5	61.9	19.2
Tower Hamlets	London borough	London	78.7	82.9	59.5	59.2	21.4
Trafford	Metropolitan borough	North West	79.8	83.7	63.8	65.2	17.3
Wakefield	Metropolitan borough	Yorkshire and The Humber	77.7	81.4	54.0	53.8	25.7
Walsall	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	77.6	81.8	56.2	55.0	24.1
Waltham Forest	London borough	London	79.8	84.0	64.4	64.5	17.4
Wandsworth	London borough	London	80.6	85.1	63.8	63.8	19.1
Warrington	Unitary authority	North West	78.7	82.1	62.1	63.3	17.7
Warwickshire	County	West Midlands	79.9	83.6	63.3	62.9	18.7
West Berkshire	Unitary authority	South East	81.7	84.7	65.5	66.5	17.2
West Northamptonshire	Unitary authority	East Midlands	79.6	83.6	61.6	61.9	19.8
West Sussex	County	South East	80.6	84.5	63.1	64.5	18.8
Westminster	London borough	London	81.9	86.4	60.5	59.8	24.0
Westmorland and Furness	Unitary authority	North West	79.9	83.8	62.8	64.4	18.3
Wigan	Metropolitan borough	North West	77.4	81.3	54.6	55.1	24.5
Wiltshire	Unitary authority	South West	81.3	84.7	63.8	63.7	19.2
Windsor and Maidenhead	Unitary authority	South East	81.8	85.4	67.3	68.9	15.5
Wirral	Metropolitan borough	North West	78.2	82.0	59.1	60.1	20.5
Wokingham	Unitary authority	South East	82.8	85.8	68.0	69.4	15.6
Wolverhampton	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	77.1	81.2	59.2	58.6	20.3
Worcestershire	County	West Midlands	79.8	83.8	63.3	63.1	18.6
York	Unitary authority	Yorkshire and The Humber	79.7	83.7	60.8	61.4	20.6

Districts

English districts: life expectancy at birth, men, women and the average, 2022–2024
Council	Region	County	Life expectancy, Men	Life expectancy, Women	Life expectancy, Average of men and women
			Life expectancy
Adur	South East	West Sussex	80.8	84.0	82.4
Amber Valley	East Midlands	Derbyshire	78.9	82.6	80.8
Arun	South East	West Sussex	79.6	83.9	81.8
Ashfield	East Midlands	Nottinghamshire	77.0	81.7	79.4
Ashford	South East	Kent	80.3	83.9	82.1
Babergh	East of England	Suffolk	81.7	85.0	83.4
Basildon	East of England	Essex	80.2	83.3	81.8
Basingstoke and Deane	South East	Hampshire	81.5	84.3	82.9
Bassetlaw	East Midlands	Nottinghamshire	78.9	82.7	80.8
Blaby	East Midlands	Leicestershire	81.2	84.5	82.9
Bolsover	East Midlands	Derbyshire	77.5	81.0	79.3
Boston	East Midlands	Lincolnshire	76.7	81.9	79.3
Braintree	East of England	Essex	80.2	83.6	81.9
Breckland	East of England	Norfolk	79.8	83.4	81.6
Brentwood	East of England	Essex	82.1	85.1	83.6
Broadland	East of England	Norfolk	81.1	84.2	82.7
Bromsgrove	West Midlands	Worcestershire	80.9	84.0	82.5
Broxbourne	East of England	Hertfordshire	80.9	85.2	83.1
Broxtowe	East Midlands	Nottinghamshire	80.1	83.5	81.8
Burnley	North West	Lancashire	76.1	80.3	78.2
Cambridge	East of England	Cambridgeshire	80.6	84.0	82.3
Cannock Chase	West Midlands	Staffordshire	79.1	82.3	80.7
Canterbury	South East	Kent	79.9	83.7	81.8
Castle Point	East of England	Essex	80.1	84.3	82.2
Charnwood	East Midlands	Leicestershire	79.9	84.0	82.0
Chelmsford	East of England	Essex	81.3	84.3	82.8
Cheltenham	South West	Gloucestershire	80.0	84.0	82.0
Cherwell	South East	Oxfordshire	81.0	84.1	82.6
Chesterfield	East Midlands	Derbyshire	77.6	81.6	79.6
Chichester	South East	West Sussex	80.0	84.8	82.4
Chorley	North West	Lancashire	78.4	82.2	80.3
Colchester	East of England	Essex	80.1	83.9	82.0
Cotswold	South West	Gloucestershire	82.0	84.6	83.3
Crawley	South East	West Sussex	80.2	84.1	82.2
Dacorum	East of England	Hertfordshire	80.7	84.7	82.7
Dartford	South East	Kent	79.9	83.1	81.5
Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	Derbyshire	81.4	84.7	83.1
Dover	South East	Kent	79.0	83.6	81.3
East Cambridgeshire	East of England	Cambridgeshire	82.1	84.9	83.5
East Devon	South West	Devon	81.4	85.6	83.5
East Hampshire	South East	Hampshire	82.3	85.0	83.7
East Hertfordshire	East of England	Hertfordshire	82.0	85.6	83.8
East Lindsey	East Midlands	Lincolnshire	77.6	81.7	79.7
East Staffordshire	West Midlands	Staffordshire	79.6	83.4	81.5
East Suffolk	East of England	Suffolk	80.6	83.8	82.2
Eastbourne	South East	East Sussex	78.9	83.3	81.1
Eastleigh	South East	Hampshire	81.7	85.2	83.5
Elmbridge	South East	Surrey	82.4	86.0	84.2
Epping Forest	East of England	Essex	80.6	85.3	83.0
Epsom and Ewell	South East	Surrey	81.4	85.7	83.6
Erewash	East Midlands	Derbyshire	78.6	82.1	80.4
Exeter	South West	Devon	79.1	83.1	81.1
Fareham	South East	Hampshire	81.5	85.3	83.4
Fenland	East of England	Cambridgeshire	77.8	82.3	80.1
Folkestone and Hythe	South East	Kent	78.2	83.0	80.6
Forest of Dean	South West	Gloucestershire	79.7	83.6	81.7
Fylde	North West	Lancashire	79.7	83.4	81.6
Gedling	East Midlands	Nottinghamshire	79.6	83.8	81.7
Gloucester	South West	Gloucestershire	78.3	82.1	80.2
Gosport	South East	Hampshire	79.0	82.3	80.7
Gravesham	South East	Kent	79.1	83.7	81.4
Great Yarmouth	East of England	Norfolk	77.6	81.5	79.6
Guildford	South East	Surrey	81.6	85.4	83.5
Harborough	East Midlands	Leicestershire	81.3	84.8	83.1
Harlow	East of England	Essex	78.8	82.8	80.8
Hart	South East	Hampshire	83.7	86.2	85.0
Hastings	South East	East Sussex	76.6	81.6	79.1
Havant	South East	Hampshire	80.1	83.4	81.8
Hertsmere	East of England	Hertfordshire	80.7	85.4	83.1
High Peak	East Midlands	Derbyshire	79.5	82.8	81.2
Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	Leicestershire	80.2	83.7	82.0
Horsham	South East	West Sussex	82.2	85.5	83.9
Huntingdonshire	East of England	Cambridgeshire	81.0	84.1	82.6
Hyndburn	North West	Lancashire	76.6	80.0	78.3
Ipswich	East of England	Suffolk	79.2	83.0	81.1
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	Norfolk	79.5	83.6	81.6
Lancaster	North West	Lancashire	77.7	81.8	79.8
Lewes	South East	East Sussex	80.8	84.8	82.8
Lichfield	West Midlands	Staffordshire	80.9	84.5	82.7
Lincoln	East Midlands	Lincolnshire	75.9	81.0	78.5
Maidstone	South East	Kent	80.3	83.9	82.1
Maldon	East of England	Essex	80.6	83.6	82.1
Malvern Hills	West Midlands	Worcestershire	80.7	84.2	82.5
Mansfield	East Midlands	Nottinghamshire	77.4	81.6	79.5
Melton	East Midlands	Leicestershire	80.8	83.9	82.4
Mid Devon	South West	Devon	80.7	84.1	82.4
Mid Suffolk	East of England	Suffolk	80.7	85.2	83.0
Mid Sussex	South East	West Sussex	81.5	85.2	83.4
Mole Valley	South East	Surrey	82.3	85.6	84.0
New Forest	South East	Hampshire	81.7	85.3	83.5
Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	Nottinghamshire	79.4	83.2	81.3
Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	Staffordshire	79.2	82.8	81.0
North Devon	South West	Devon	79.2	83.6	81.4
North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	Derbyshire	79.9	83.3	81.6
North Hertfordshire	East of England	Hertfordshire	81.5	84.3	82.9
North Kesteven	East Midlands	Lincolnshire	80.6	83.2	81.9
North Norfolk	East of England	Norfolk	80.1	84.9	82.5
North Warwickshire	West Midlands	Warwickshire	78.8	82.1	80.5
North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	Leicestershire	80.3	83.6	82.0
Norwich	East of England	Norfolk	78.1	82.6	80.4
Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	Warwickshire	78.3	82.4	80.4
Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	Leicestershire	80.9	83.8	82.4
Oxford	South East	Oxfordshire	80.7	84.1	82.4
Pendle	North West	Lancashire	78.0	81.9	80.0
Preston	North West	Lancashire	76.9	81.6	79.3
Redditch	West Midlands	Worcestershire	79.7	83.0	81.4
Reigate and Banstead	South East	Surrey	81.5	85.0	83.3
Ribble Valley	North West	Lancashire	81.3	84.9	83.1
Rochford	East of England	Essex	81.1	84.3	82.7
Rossendale	North West	Lancashire	77.5	81.4	79.5
Rother	South East	East Sussex	80.4	83.0	81.7
Rugby	West Midlands	Warwickshire	79.6	82.9	81.3
Runnymede	South East	Surrey	80.6	83.9	82.3
Rushcliffe	East Midlands	Nottinghamshire	82.0	85.6	83.8
Rushmoor	South East	Hampshire	80.5	83.4	82.0
Sevenoaks	South East	Kent	82.2	85.3	83.8
South Cambridgeshire	East of England	Cambridgeshire	82.5	85.4	84.0
South Derbyshire	East Midlands	Derbyshire	80.4	83.4	81.9
South Hams	South West	Devon	81.5	85.6	83.6
South Holland	East Midlands	Lincolnshire	78.9	82.9	80.9
South Kesteven	East Midlands	Lincolnshire	80.3	83.5	81.9
South Norfolk	East of England	Norfolk	81.2	84.5	82.9
South Oxfordshire	South East	Oxfordshire	82.2	86.0	84.1
South Ribble	North West	Lancashire	80.4	84.2	82.3
South Staffordshire	West Midlands	Staffordshire	80.3	84.4	82.4
Spelthorne	South East	Surrey	80.9	84.9	82.9
St Albans	East of England	Hertfordshire	82.3	85.2	83.8
Stafford	West Midlands	Staffordshire	80.4	83.7	82.1
Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	Staffordshire	79.9	83.7	81.8
Stevenage	East of England	Hertfordshire	79.5	82.3	80.9
Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	Warwickshire	81.3	85.4	83.4
Stroud	South West	Gloucestershire	80.8	84.4	82.6
Surrey Heath	South East	Surrey	82.5	85.1	83.8
Swale	South East	Kent	78.9	83.2	81.1
Tamworth	West Midlands	Staffordshire	79.3	82.9	81.1
Tandridge	South East	Surrey	82.3	85.2	83.8
Teignbridge	South West	Devon	81.1	84.9	83.0
Tendring	East of England	Essex	78.1	82.2	80.2
Test Valley	South East	Hampshire	82.0	84.9	83.5
Tewkesbury	South West	Gloucestershire	81.4	84.7	83.1
Thanet	South East	Kent	77.2	82.0	79.6
Three Rivers	East of England	Hertfordshire	81.9	85.0	83.5
Tonbridge and Malling	South East	Kent	80.7	84.6	82.7
Torridge	South West	Devon	80.3	83.8	82.1
Tunbridge Wells	South East	Kent	81.3	84.9	83.1
Uttlesford	East of England	Essex	82.8	86.4	84.6
Vale of White Horse	South East	Oxfordshire	81.7	85.4	83.6
Warwick	West Midlands	Warwickshire	80.7	84.0	82.4
Watford	East of England	Hertfordshire	79.8	83.8	81.8
Waverley	South East	Surrey	82.4	85.9	84.2
Wealden	South East	East Sussex	82.5	85.0	83.8
Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	Hertfordshire	80.7	84.6	82.7
West Devon	South West	Devon	80.7	85.3	83.0
West Lancashire	North West	Lancashire	79.8	82.3	81.1
West Lindsey	East Midlands	Lincolnshire	79.2	83.7	81.5
West Oxfordshire	South East	Oxfordshire	81.9	85.4	83.7
West Suffolk	East of England	Suffolk	81.0	84.4	82.7
Winchester	South East	Hampshire	82.4	86.3	84.4
Woking	South East	Surrey	81.3	85.3	83.3
Worcester	West Midlands	Worcestershire	78.5	83.2	80.9
Worthing	South East	West Sussex	79.8	83.5	81.7
Wychavon	West Midlands	Worcestershire	80.3	84.7	82.5
Wyre	North West	Lancashire	78.8	82.2	80.5
Wyre Forest	West Midlands	Worcestershire	78.5	83.1	80.8

ONS’s annual healthy life expectancy is published for upper-tier and single-tier councils, not English districts. A district’s own page shows its county’s annual figure, labelled as the county’s, and ONS’s separate census-based estimate for the district, which is not comparable and is not listed here.

ONS’s annual life expectancy and healthy life expectancy estimates give no separate figures for the City of London: its resident population is too small for reliable estimates.

ONS’s annual life expectancy and healthy life expectancy estimates give no separate figures for the Isles of Scilly: its population is too small for reliable estimates.

Rankings for England: life expectancy (upper tier) · life expectancy (districts) · healthy life expectancy.

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The UK and the other nations

United Kingdommen 79.2 · women 83.0
Scotlandmen 77.2 · women 81.1
Walesmen 78.3 · women 82.2
Northern Irelandmen 78.8 · women 82.6

Regions of England

North Eastmen 77.7 · women 81.6
North Westmen 77.9 · women 81.9
Yorkshire and The Humbermen 78.3 · women 82.3
East Midlandsmen 79.0 · women 82.8
West Midlandsmen 78.7 · women 82.8
East of Englandmen 80.3 · women 84.0
Londonmen 80.5 · women 84.7
South Eastmen 80.7 · women 84.4
South Westmen 80.3 · women 84.1

Life expectancy at birth, years, 2022–2024. Look up a postcode · All councils · Download the data.