Despite a gradual increase in the predicted lifespan of the population over the past century, data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows deprived females born between 2014 and 2016 were expected to die younger than those born between 2011 and 2013.
The gap in life expectancy between the poorest and most advantaged females in England has meanwhile reached a record high, now standing at seven years and five months – a rise of five months between the two most recent periods observed.
The data shows that the least deprived 10 per cent of girls were expected to live 86 years and two months – up by more than three months between 2011 to 2013 and 2014 to 2016 – while the poorest 10 per cent had a life expectancy of 78 years and 10 months – a figure that fell by more than two months in the same period.
Such data measuring levels of deprivation with life expectancy has only started being recorded by the ONS in the past 10 years, during which there has, until now, been no decrease among any group. Figures on the overall population meanwhile show that last time the female population in England saw a drop in life expectancy was in 1924.
For the male population, the gap in life expectancy between the poorest and most advantaged was almost a decade, standing at 73 years and 11 months and 83 years and four months respectively.
That’s fucked up. All the advances in health, research, knowledge and tech yet poor women will die younger than those born earlier.
Those figures are skewed massively too. For my area life expectancy is only 60, probably even lower now
Life expectancy of poorest women in England falls for first time since the 1920s
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