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Cumbria's healthy life expectancy gap reaches 23 years

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 05:59 · Archive

Office for National Statistics data shows a 23-year difference in female healthy life expectancy between Barrow Central and South Lakeland areas.

Office for National Statistics data has revealed significant disparities in healthy life expectancy across Cumbria. An analysis found a 23-year gap in female healthy life expectancy between Barrow Central and the area covering Burton-in-Kendal, Levens and Natland. For men, the difference between the same two areas was 21.4 years.

Healthy life expectancy measures the number of years a person would be expected to live in 'good' general health. The figures are estimates for 2019 to 2023 and are based partly on self-assessed health information from the 2021 Census.

Barrow Central recorded the lowest estimates among the 64 Cumbria Middle Layer Super Output Areas included in the analysis. Male healthy life expectancy was estimated at 51.3 years and female healthy life expectancy at 51.7 years. The next-lowest estimates were recorded in Ormsgill and Hindpool, where healthy life expectancy was 55.3 years for men and 55.8 years for women. Workington West had estimates of 54.9 years for men and 57.3 years for women, while Abbotsmead and Salthouse in Barrow recorded 56.5 and 56.4 years respectively. In Botcherby and Harraby, Carlisle, the corresponding estimates were 56.1 years for men and 57.8 years for women.

Middle Layer Super Output Areas are statistical areas generally covering several neighbourhoods, typically containing between 7,000 and 10,000 people, although some Cumbrian areas are smaller.

Cumbria's healthy life expectancy gap reaches 23 years
Image: NW Evening Mail

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In this story: Office for National Statistics · Barrow Central · Burton-in-Kendal · Levens · Natland · Workington West · Carlisle · Barrow-in-Furness

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