Methodology related to life expectancies

6 methodology , sorted by release date

National life tables QMI

Methodology | Released on 11 January 2024

Quality and methodology information for the national life tables.

Keywords: life expectancy, mortality, birth, death
Period and cohort life expectancy explained

Methodology | Released on 19 January 2023

A guide to the two types of life table – cohort and period – used to calculate past and projected life expectancy.

Keywords: birth, age, demographic, mortality rates, projection
Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by local areas in the UK QMI

Methodology | Released on 25 October 2017
Demography

Methodology | Released on 4 February 2016

Guide to the methods used by ONS to produce national life expectancies.
Trends in Life Expectancy by National Statistics Socio-economic Classification 1982 to 2006 QMI

Methodology | Released on 17 November 2011

These statistics are used to measure the inequalities on a timely basis, policy planning and background context for further research.

Keywords: population health, deaths, ageing
National Life Tables QMI

Quality and methodology information | Revised on 29 September 2016

How long will I live? Life expectancy by age and sex from the National Life Tables. Data includes life expectancy for the UK and the constituent countries from 1980-82 to 2011-13.

Keywords: Life expectancy, ageing, Interim