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Inequalities in survival rates between the most and least deprived areas
Published
18 February 2025
Last updated
18 February 2025
Time to read
About 2 mins
About 2 mins
Key points
- Three times more people die by the age of 60 in the most deprived areas than in the least deprived areas.
- On average, 96% of people in the least deprived areas survive to at least age 60, compared with just 87% in the most deprived areas.
Three times as many people die by the age of 60 in the most deprived areas compared to in the least deprived areas
Longevity is often considered a sign of the health and prosperity of a country’s population. It can also highlight inequalities between different populations.
This chart shows the inequalities in the proportion of the population surviving to a given age between the most and least deprived areas in England.
- Three times more people die by the ages of 60–64 in the most deprived areas than in the least deprived areas.
- In the least deprived 10% of local areas, 95.0% of men survive to ages 60–64, compared with just 83.4% in the most deprived 10%.
- For women, 96.6% survive to ages 60–64 in the least deprived areas, compared with just 89.8% in the most deprived areas.
- At each age, the proportion of the population surviving is greater for people living in the least deprived areas compared with the most deprived areas. The relative difference is greatest at ages 80–84 years for men and 85–89 years for women.
- Deprivation is captured using the English Indices of Multiple Deprivation. This ranks small areas from most deprived to least deprived and divides them into 10 equal groups (deciles). Decile 1 represents the most deprived 10% of local areas, while decile 10 represents the least deprived 10%.
Source: Health Foundation analysis of Office for National Statistics, Life table by national deprivation deciles, England, 2018 to 2020
