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Life expectancy and long term illness

Healthy life expectancy is a good measure of the quality of life years in a population.

  • Life expectancy is over 79 years for men and over 83 years for women - both similar to national. 
  • After remaining consistent for male and marginally increasing for women in recent years, life expectancy has now fallen slightly for both.
  • Compared with national, life expectancy is higher than national for women in both South Staffordshire and Stafford, but is now lower for Newcastle-under-Lyme. Male life expectancy is lower for Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire and Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Life expectancy at birth, 2018 - 2020






Horizontal bar chart comparing life expectancy at birth for men and women across areas in Staffordshire and England. Blue bars represent men and grey bars represent women. Life expectancy for men ranges from about 78 to 80 years, while women range from about 82 to 84 years. South Staffordshire and Lichfield show some of the highest life expectancy figures, while Cannock Chase and Newcastle-under-Lyme are among the lowest. England averages are shown at the top for comparison. The x-axis is labelled “Life expectancy at birth (years)” and ranges from 70 to 86 years.

Source: Office for National Statistics

Healthy life expectancy

  • Healthy life expectancy in Staffordshire is nearly 62 years for men and 64 years for women – both have fallen by 1.8 years and 1.1 years respectively.
  • Male healthy life expectancy is the third worst among similar authorities.
  • On average in Staffordshire women spend 19.7 years of lives in poor health, and men spend just over 18 years in poor health.
  • Symptoms from “long COVID”, which persist weeks or months after the infection has gone may impact healthy life expectancy and result in more time spent in ill-health.  This is yet to be reflected in the data

Healthy life expectancy, 2017 - 2019






Stacked horizontal bar chart titled “Healthy life expectancy, 2017–2019” comparing men and women in England, the West Midlands, and Staffordshire. The lighter purple sections show healthy life expectancy, while the darker purple sections show years spent in poor health. For men, healthy life expectancy is 63.2 years in England, 61.5 years in the West Midlands, and 61.5 years in Staffordshire, with around 16.6 to 18.2 years spent in poor health. For women, healthy life expectancy is 63.5 years in England, 62.6 years in the West Midlands, and 63.8 years in Staffordshire, with around 19.7 to 20.2 years spent in poor health. The x-axis shows life expectancy in years from 0 to 90.

 

Source: Office for National Statistics

Limiting long-term illness

  • Almost 1 in 4 (22%) adults have a limiting long-term illness, as well as over half (53%) of older people – statistically higher than national.
  • Half of Staffordshire’s wards have a higher-than-average proportion of all adults living with a limiting long-term illness, and around a third for older people.
  • This ranges from 11% in Hawks Green (Cannock Chase) to 32% in Biddulph South (Staffordshire Moorlands).

By 2030 over 19,000 more Staffordshire residents living with a limiting long-term illness.

N.B. This indicator measures the self-reported number of people responding to the question in the 2011 Census, indicating they had a long-term illness or disability which limits their daily activity or work.






Two colour-coded maps of Staffordshire showing the prevalence of limiting long-term illness (LLTI) based on Census 2011 data. The left map, titled “LLTI – all adults,” and the right map, titled “LLTI – aged 65+,” display areas shaded green, beige, and red to indicate lower, similar, or higher rates compared with the England average. Red areas represent significantly higher levels of limiting long-term illness, while green areas represent lower levels. The maps show a mix of higher and lower prevalence across urban and rural parts of Staffordshire, with labels for towns including Stoke-on-Trent. A legend explains the colour categories, and the source is noted as “Census, 2011.”

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