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Inequality in life expectancy at birth (male) (11998) Metric type
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- This indicator measures inequalities in life expectancy at birth within England as a whole, each English region, and each local authority. Life expectancy at birth is calculated for each deprivation decile of lower super output areas within each area and then the slope index of inequality (SII) is calculated based on these figures. The SII is a measure of the social gradient in life expectancy, i.e. how much life expectancy varies with deprivation. It takes account of health inequalities across the whole range of deprivation within each area and summarises this in a single number. This represents the range in years of life expectancy across the social gradient from most to least deprived, based on a statistical analysis of the relationship between life expectancy and deprivation across all deprivation deciles. Life expectancy at birth is a measure of the average number of years a person would expect to live based on contemporary mortality rates. For a particular area and time period, it is an estimate of the average number of years a newborn baby would survive if he or she experienced the age-specific mortality rates for that area and time period throughout his or her life.
The SII for England and for regions have been presented alongside the local authority figures in order to improve the display of the indicators on the overview page. However, they should not be considered as comparators for the local authority figures. The SII for England takes account of the full range of deprivation and mortality across the whole country. This does not therefore provide a suitable benchmark with which to compare local authority results, which take into account the range of deprivation and mortality within much smaller geographies.
- Modified
- 04 Aug 2021
- Data last updated
- 22 Feb 2024
- Also known as
- PHOF 0.2iii
- 0.2iii
- 0.2iii - Inequality in life expectancy at birth
- A02a - Inequality in life expectancy at birth_Male_All ages
- A02a
- Short label
- Inequality in life expectancy at birth - male
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Years
- Dataset
- Calculated by PHE using mortality data and mid-year population estimates from the Office for National Statistics and Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 (IMD 2015) scores from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- Collection
- Public Health Outcomes Framework
- Source
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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