About this data

Source: ONS, Health state life expectancies by national deprivation deciles, England and Wales; National Records of Scotland; Department of Health (Northern Ireland), Health Inequalities Annual Report 2026

• Each nation measures deprivation with its own index, and compares groups of different sizes, so the gaps can't be compared between nations.
• The deprivation indices are updated every few years, and each period uses the index current at the time.

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