Conditions and diseases

This section provides information on particular disease types and contains data on some of the main causes of death in the city.

Key facts

Around 4,580 Liverpool residents died in 2024, with cancer (28% of all deaths), cardiovascular disease (21%) and respiratory disease (15%) being the biggest killers.
1,825 people died aged under 75 years, so more than 4 out of 10 of our residents died young.
There have been significant reductions in Liverpool’s mortality rate since the turn of the millennium including a 35% reduction in the number of preventable cancer deaths, and 53% decline in the number of preventable CVD deaths.
Two in five (44%) residents (ages 15+) have at least one morbidity, 23% have at least two morbidities, and 12% have three or more.
There are around 18,955 people in Liverpool who have been diagnosed with cancer; 18,761 people who have coronary heart disease, and 81,961 with hypertension. There are around 17,748 people with chronic respiratory disease and 33,878 people with asthma, approximately 79,882 people have been diagnosed with depression, 7,852 people have been diagnosed with mental health illness, and 3,359 with dementia.
Men in Liverpool can expect to live to 55.7 years in good health and women to 56.1 years, both 5.8 years less than men and women in England.