Premature death by region
Key points
- Inner London has a higher rate of male premature death than any English region.
- The rate of 228 in Outer London is the same as the England average.
Premature death is defined here as death before the age of 65.
The risk of death before age 65 (data from 2006)
The risk of death, men and women combined, before age 65
What does this graph show?
Inner London has a higher rate of male premature death than any English region. The rate in Inner London of 280 deaths per 100,000 under the age of 65 is a fifth higher than the England average of 231. Outer London has a rate of 228, the average for England.
The female premature death rate in Inner London of 152 per 100,000 is a little above the national average of 142. Although above the national average, Inner London is not the worst English region. The figure for Outer London is 132.
Data used
ONS Mortality Statistics Division 2006; Office for National Statistics, 2005–2007
All the figures in the graph above are age-standardised, so London's overall younger population is taken into account.
Indicator last updated: 17 May 2009
Other indicators in Barking and Dagenham
- Pay inequalities within London
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Low-paid residents
Other indicators in Islington
- Child poverty
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Low-paid residents
- New homeless households by borough
- Premature death by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
Other indicators in Kensington and Chelsea
- Child poverty
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Pay inequalities within London
- Overcrowding by borough
- Premature death by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
Other indicators in Lambeth
Other indicators in Newham
- Child poverty
- 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
- Low-paid residents
- Low-paid jobs
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Premature death by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
Other indicators in Tower Hamlets
- Child poverty
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Low-paid residents
- Low-paid jobs
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
- Overcrowding by borough
- Premature death by borough
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Glossary
Premature death:
Occurring under the age of 65
Limiting long-standing or long-term illness:
Illnesses which last longer than a year, are usually degenerative, and cause limitations to physical, mental and/or social well-being