Release

National Life Tables - life expectancy in the UK: 2018 to 2020

Released: 23 September 2021 9:30am
Next release: September 2022

Summary

Trends in period life expectancy, a measure of the average number of years people will live beyond their current age, analysed by age and sex for the UK and its constituent countries.

Publications

Data

  • Mortality rates (qx), by single year of age

    Mortality rates (qx) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format. These statistics are for England and Wales only. Updated figures for the UK will be published when the data are available. Previous figures for the UK are available in the previous versions of this dataset.

  • Period expectation of life (ex), by single year of age

    Period life expectancy (ex) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format. These statistics are for England and Wales only. Updated figures for the UK will be published when the data are available. Previous figures for the UK are available in the previous versions of this dataset.

  • National life tables: UK

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for the UK. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

  • National life tables: England and Wales

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for England and Wales. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

  • Single-year life tables, UK: 1980 to 2020

    Period life expectancy by age and sex. Each life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a single year.

  • National life tables: Scotland

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for Scotland. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

  • National life tables: England

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for England. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

  • National life tables: Great Britain

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for Great Britain. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

  • National life tables: Wales

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for Wales. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

  • Numbers dying between exact age x and x+1 (dx), by single year of age

    Numbers dying between exact age x and x+1 (dx) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format. These statistics are for England and Wales only. Updated figures for the UK will be published when the data are available. Previous figures for the UK are available in the previous versions of this dataset.

  • Number surviving at exact age (lx), by single year of age

    Number surviving at exact age (lx) values from the national life tables release, presented in time series format. These statistics are for England and Wales only. Updated figures for the UK will be published when the data are available. Previous figures for the UK are available in the previous versions of this dataset

  • National life tables: Northern Ireland

    Period life expectancy by age and sex for Northern Ireland. Each national life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years. Tables are published annually.

Contact details

Name

Julian Buxton

Email

pop.info@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1329 444661