11/3/2023 0 Comments Mac preview add signature![]() ![]() In comparison, between 20, life expectancy increases of nine years or more were seen for men and women in some parts of central and north London. "These results mirror an earlier trend in the USA – which also saw life expectancy declines prior to the pandemic." Theo Rashid Lead author from Imperial's School of Public Health The researchers note that the regions where life expectancy declines occurred often already had lower life expectancy, and high levels of poverty, unemployment, and low education. There were also startling reversals in life expectancies for women in a number of communities in Yorkshire and The Humber over this time. Taken over the entire time from 2002 to 2019, the biggest life expectancy decline seen for women was a loss of three years for an area of Leeds (from 78.7 to 75.6 years), and for men was of 0.4 years in a part of Blackpool (from 68.7 to 68.3 years). In these places, between 2014-19, life expectancy declined by an average of 0.17 years for women (around two months) and 0.12 years for men (around a month and a half). ![]() This deterioration accelerated and spread from 2014-2019, with life expectancy declining for women in almost one in five communities (18.7%, 1,270/6,791), and in one in nine communities for men (11.5%, 784/6,791). However, from 2010-2014, longevity began declining for women in one in 20 communities (5%, 351/6,791 local areas) and in one community for men. The study found that between 20 the vast majority of communities saw their life expectancy increase. There were 6,791 local communities included in the study, and the researchers assessed life expectancy trends over time for each of these for men and women. The new study analysed all deaths in England for all years from 2002-2019, amounting to more than 8.6 million deaths records, and assigned them to the community where each person lived at the time of their death. For such declines to be seen in ‘normal times’ before the pandemic is alarming, and signals ongoing policy failures to tackle poverty and provide adequate social support and health care.” Trends over time “Declines in life expectancy used to be rare in wealthy countries like the UK, and happened when there were major adversities like wars and pandemics. These data show that longevity has been getting worse for years in large parts of England.” Senior author, Professor Majid Ezzati from the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, said: “There has always been an impression in the UK that everyone’s health is improving, even if not at the same pace. They found that communities with the lowest life expectancy (below 70 and 75 years for men and women, respectively) were typically situated in urban areas in the North of England.Īlthough recent data from the Office for National Statistics found that life expectancy for men in the UK had fallen for the first time in 40 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the new research shows that life expectancy was declining in many communities years before the pandemic began. The researchers tracked life expectancy in communities of around 8,000 people, while other statistics are typically based on much larger areas (such as local authority districts, which have a median population of around 140,000 people). The new study is the first to analyse longevity trends in ultra-fine detail and could identify where life expectancy declined with much more precision than before. Analysis in ultra-fine detail "For such declines to be seen in ‘normal times’ before the pandemic is alarming." Professor Majid Ezzati Senior author from Imperial's School of Public Health In the five years before the pandemic (2014-2019) life expectancy went down in almost one in five communities for women, and one in nine communities for men, according to the new study published in The Lancet Public Health journal and funded by the Wellcome Trust, Imperial College London, the Medical Research Council, Health Data Research UK and the National Institute of Health Research. A substantial number of English communities experienced a decline in life expectancy from 2010-2019, Imperial College London researchers have found.
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