North Tyneside Overview of health and wellbeing

Life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in England has generally increased over many decades, however, there have been two turning points in trends in life expectancy in England in the past decade. From 2011 increases in life expectancy slowed after decades of steady improvement. Then in 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic was a more significant turning point, causing a sharp fall in life expectancy.

Average life expectancy at birth in North Tyneside over the last decade for both males and females has stalled this is similar to the trend across England.


"Line graph showing life expectancy at birth for males from 2012-14 to 2018-20, comparing North Tyneside, the North East region, and England. North Tyneside's life expectancy (dark blue line) starts at around 77.0 years in 2012-14 and increases to approximately 78.3 years by 2018-20. Throughout the period, North Tyneside's life expectancy is lower than England's (orange line) but generally higher than the North East region's (light blue line)

Source: OHID Fingertips March 2024

For males it is currently 78.3 years which is higher than the average for the North East (second best in the region after Northumberland) but is significantly lower (1.1 years) than that for England.


"Line graph titled 'Life expectancy at birth (Female, 3 year range),' showing life expectancy for females from 2012-14 to 2018-20. North Tyneside's life expectancy (light blue line) starts at 82.6 years in 2012-14 and fluctuates, ending at 82.2 years in 2018-20. Throughout the period, North Tyneside's life expectancy is generally higher than the North East region (dark blue line) but lower than England (orange line).

For females is currently 82.2 years. This is better than the North East average (second best in the region after Northumberland) but is 0.9 years lower than the average for England.

Life expectancy is closely related to the overall level of deprivation in an area. People living in less deprived areas live significantly longer than people living in deprived areas. There is a social gradient to health.