Population Health Inequalities

Suffolk

More detailed data about health inequalities in Suffolk is available on the Healthy Suffolk Health inequalities dashboard: Inequalities resources – Healthy Suffolk

For men, there is a difference of 7.4 years in the average life expectancy between someone born in the most deprived communities in Suffolk, compared to someone born in the least deprived.
For women, the difference in average life expectancy is 5.0 years.
Both values have increased over the last ten years (men from 6.0 in 2010-12, women from 3.9 years) indicating that health inequalities in Suffolk are widening.
In addition, the number of years that women can expect to live in good health in Suffolk is falling, from 68.1 years in 2009-11, to 64.4 years in 2018-20. Initial data also suggests that overall life expectancy in Suffolk and more widely across the UK has at best stalled and may be starting to fall, an unprecedented occurrence in the post Second World War period

Provisional data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) Segment tool for 2020-2021 shows how different causes of death contribute to the overall difference in life expectancy between the most and least deprived communities in Suffolk.
Circulatory conditions contribute the largest percentage to the life expectancy gap for males, whereas cancers are the largest contributor to the gap for females.
The differential impact of COVID-19 is also clear –and it may also have had an indirect effect, for example in deaths from external causes (injury, poisonings and by suicide).
While changes in data definitions over time mean it is difficult to compare trends, the impact of deaths from external causes in men, and from cancer in women, seem to be becoming more significant over time.
Tackling these causes of death will therefore contribute to reducing health inequalities, particularly if focus is explicitly given to the most deprived communities in Suffolk, and to other communities who face specific health challenges.

More detailed data about health inequalities in North East Essex is available on Essex Open Data: Home | Essex Open Data

For men, the inequality in life expectancy at birth between someone born in the most deprived communities, compared to someone born in the least deprived is 9.3 years in Tendring and 7.8 years in Colchester
For women, the inequality in life expectancy at birth is 7.7 years in Tendring and 5.7 years in Colchester
Values for both men and women have increased over the last ten years (men in Tendring from 7.5 in 2011-13, women from 6 years, and men in Colchester from 6.7. For women in Colchester there has been a small reduction from 6.4) indicating that health inequalities in North East Essex are widening.
The number of years that men and women can expect to live in good health has not changed significantly in the last 10 years. Initial data also suggests that overall life expectancy in Essex and more widely across the UK has at best stalled and may be starting to fall, an unprecedented occurrence in the post Second World War period

Provisional data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) Segment tool for 2020-2021 shows how different causes of death contribute to the overall difference in life expectancy between the most and least deprived communities in Essex.
Circulatory conditions contribute the largest percentage to the life expectancy gap for males, whereas cancers are the largest contributor to the gap for females.
The differential impact of COVID-19 is also clear –and it may also have had an indirect effect, for example in deaths from external causes (injury, poisonings and by suicide).
While changes in data definitions over time mean it is difficult to compare trends, the impact of deaths from external causes in men, and from cancer in women, seem to be becoming more significant over time.
Tackling these causes of death will therefore contribute to reducing health inequalities, particularly if focus is explicitly given to the most deprived communities in Essex, and to other communities who face specific health challenges.