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The Well-being Challenge

Health & Well-being

The life expectancy of Cumbria’s female residents (83) is in line with England and one year higher compared to the rest of the
North West. Whilst male residents’ life expectancy (79) is also one year higher than that in the North West, it is lower compared
to England (80).

In Cumbria, the proportion of life spend in good health by female and male residents is 80%. Cumbria’s female population
appears to enjoy a longer proportion of their life in good health compared to the North West and England, where healthy life
expectancy amounts to 76% and 77% of the total. The rates noted for males are broadly in line with that of comparator
geographies.

However, at a more localised level, 53% of Barrow’s LSOAs are amongst the most deprived nationally, according to the health
deprivation and disability sub-domain of the Indices of Deprivation. Barrow ranks 5 worst nationally, in terms of this metric.
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Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy, 2016-8*

Area Female Male

Life Healthy life % life in Life Healthy life % life in
expectancy expectancy good expectancy expectancy good health
at birth at birth health at birth at birth

Cumbria 83 66 80% 79 63 80%

North West 82 63 76% 78 62 79%

England 83 64 77% 80 63 80%

* Data are aggregated over three consecutive years.

Source: ONS Health State Life Expectancy, 2019; English Indices of Deprivation, 2019