Key statistics and data

Health and wellbeing headline indicators

This data provides health statistics for Liverpool including life expectancy and mortality rates.

All data points are the latest available data, as at August 2024.

Refer to the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for more health data and analysis.

Life expectancy, mortality, suicide and obesity

Indicator

Liverpool

England

Female life expectancy (2020-22) 79.3 82.8
Male life expectancy (2020-22) 75.3 78.9
Female healthy life expectancy (2018-20) 57.9 63.9
Male healthy life expectancy (2018-20) 58.3 63.1
Under 75 mortality rate per 100,000 - All causes considered preventable (2022) 280 171.4
Under 75 mortality rate per 100,000 - All cancers (2022) 160.6 123.2
Under 75 mortality rate per 100,000 - Cardiovascular (2022) 55.2 40.6
Under 75 mortality rate per 100,000 - Respiratory disease (2022) 55.2 28.9
Suicide rate per 100,000 (2020-22) 12.3 10.3
***Adults classed as overweight or obese (2022-23) 67.2% 64.00%
**Reception pupils – prevalence of overweight and obesity (2022/23) 26.00% 21.30%
**Year 6 pupils – prevalence of overweight and obesity (2022/23) 42.8% 36.60%

Sources:

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Fingertips Profiles

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, using National Child Measurement Programme, NHS England

***OHID, based on Sport England data

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