Life Expectancy

Life Expectancy in Wirral (2021-2023)

Overview:

This update summarises the most recently available data (2021-23) for life expectancy (LEx) in Wirral and compares local and national data. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME, 2025) estimates that the average life expectancy at birth globally was 71.7 years in 2021; 74.8 for women and 68.9 for men. 

Life expectancy at birth in England showed dramatic increases throughout the twentieth century as health and living conditions improved. It increased from 46 years for males and 50 years for females in 1900, to 78 years for males and 82 years for females in 2011.

However, LEx appears to have plateaued since this time, not just in England but in other developed countries. It should also be noted that previous increases in life expectancy were not uniform across all social groups and the inequality in life expectancy between those living in areas of  deprivation and those from more affluent areas remained (and was then exacerbated by the impact of the COVID-10 pandemic).

PLEASE NOTE:
Wirral level data for 2021-2023 has been used in this document  An updated Life Expectancy report for Wirral, which includes Ward level data for 2021-23, will be developed after local Ward level populations have been published by Office for National Statistics in the summer of 2025. The figures in the ‘Life Expectancy by  Geography’ section relate to data for 2020-22 only.

Therefore we are currently working upon a second refresh of the Life Expectancy Report for 2021-2023 as later data has become available in August 2025.

Previous Life Expectancy Reports
National Data and Profiles

Life expectancy a decade lower for men in poorest areas (Spring 2021)
Research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows life expectancy for men in England’s most deprived areas is nearly a decade shorter than it is for those from the wealthiest, according to their latest official analysis. Men living in the most deprived areas have a life expectancy of 74.1 years, compared with 83.5 in the least deprived areas.

Please note

An update will be made to the content below when lower level local data is released in August 2025.


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