How do I find life expectancy in my area?

The ONS publishes life expectancy for local areas of the UK for every local authority, as three-year averages with confidence intervals. In 2022 to 2024 the highest male life expectancy in England was in Hart (83.7 years) and the lowest in Blackpool (73.7 years), according to the release of 10 December 2025.

For smaller areas and related measures, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities' Fingertips public health profiles let you compare a local authority with its region and England on life expectancy, causes of death and risk factors. Healthy life expectancy by area is in the ONS health state life expectancy release.

Gaps between areas are wide, but small areas have wide margins of error, so check the confidence intervals before comparing two places or ranking them.

Official sources: ONS life expectancy for local areas of the UK · OHID Fingertips public health profiles

The latest figure

The newest value is at Office for National Statistics (ONS). More on it: Life expectancy at birth (UK).

When is the next figure out?

Annual, usually in the autumn or December; the 2022 to 2024 tables were published on 10 December 2025 and the next release date was to be announced. Each table covers three consecutive years

Every official release due in the next two weeks is on the release calendar.

Terms used in this answer

• Cohort
  A group of people who share a starting point, such as being born in the same year or starting school together, followed over time.
• Healthy life expectancy
  The average number of years a person can expect to live in good health, based on current death rates and people's own rating of their health.
• Mean
  The total of all values divided by how many there are. Often what people mean by 'average', it can be pulled up or down by a few extreme values.
• Age-standardised rate
  A rate adjusted to a standard population age structure, so that places or years with older or younger populations can be compared fairly.
• Great Britain and the United Kingdom
  Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom is Great Britain plus Northern Ireland. Some statistics cover only one or the other.

Where the figures come from

• UK population and vital statistics (ONS, National Records of Scotland and NISRA)
  Where to find official UK figures on births, fertility, baby names, marriage, divorce, households, population estimates, projections and the census.
• UK deaths, life expectancy and public health statistics (ONS, OHID, UKHSA, NRS, NISRA)
  Where to find official UK figures on deaths, excess deaths, life expectancy, causes of death, suicide, drug and alcohol deaths and vaccination.

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