Premature death by borough
Key points
- The rate of premature death is significantly higher in Inner than Outer London.
- The risk of premature death for residents in Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham or Lambeth is twice that of Kensington & Chelsea.
- There is no clear correlation between limiting longstanding illness and premature death. Some areas have very high rates of illness, but only average rates of premature death.
Premature death is defined here as death before the age of 65.
The risk of death per 100,000 population before age 65
What does this map show?
Eight of the 12 boroughs in London with the highest rates of premature death (for men and women combined) are in Inner London.
The pattern is different from that for limiting illness, which followed more of an East/West split. Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Islington have high rates of both long-term illness and premature death. By contrast, Lambeth has a very high rate of premature death but only an average rate of limiting long-standing illness.
The risk of premature death in Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham or Lambeth, over 230 per 100,000 people, is about twice that of Kensington & Chelsea.
Data used
ONS 2006–08
All the figures in the graph above are age-standardised, so London's overall younger population is taken into account.
Indicator last updated: 29 April 2010
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Other indicators in Hackney
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
- Landlord repossessions by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by ward
Other indicators in Islington
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Premature death by region
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
Other indicators in Kensington and Chelsea
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Pay inequalities within London
- Premature death by region
- Overcrowding by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Landlord repossessions by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by borough
Other indicators in Lambeth
- Premature death by region
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Underage conception by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
Other indicators in Newham
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Pay inequalities within London
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Infant deaths by borough
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Premature death by region
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Low-paid jobs by borough
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by ward
Other indicators in Tower Hamlets
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Premature death by region
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Low-paid jobs by borough
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
- Overcrowding by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by ward
Other indicators in Working-age adults
- Poverty in Inner and Outer London
- Working-age out-of-work benefits by region
- Working age out-of-work benefits within London
- Income inequality in London compared with other English regions
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Pay inequalities within London
- Working-age adults lacking work over time
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Adult ill health
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Low-paid jobs by borough
- Low income and ethnicity in London
- Lacking work by ethnicity
- Not working by country of birth
- Not working by ethnicity and country of birth
- Low pay by ethnicity
- Low-paid residents by region
- Low-paid jobs by sub-region
- Families receiving in-work benefits
- Working age out-of-work benefits by borough
- Unemployment rates over time
- Unemployment numbers by sub-region
- Unemployment by ethnicity, country of birth and gender
- Unemployment in London by age
- Part-time work
- Job Seeker's Allowance by region
- Job Seeker's Allowance by borough
- Child, adult and pensioner poverty
- London's low income population
- Child and adult poverty and work
- Recession impact on out-of-work benefits
- Young adult unemployment over time