Here is a recent statistical bulletin by the ONS looking at differences in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy between people living in the most deprived and least deprived areas in England between 2009-2013, using the 2015 indices. Some headline points: England average life expectancy at birth for men was 79.1 years, and[…]
Read More »The Department for Communities and Local Government have published official guidance on using the indices of deprivation – access the full document here. The annex contains a full list of the data files and supporting documents released for the 2015 Indices. Part of the guidance that might be particularly relevant for users[…]
Read More »Here’s a link to a comment piece by Clare Fraser in the Guardian from July 2014 about lack of police engagement with people in deprived areas. The article supports the launch of her report for public sector think tank ‘Reform’ called ‘The expert citizen’. Her main argument is that the[…]
Read More »The ONS analysed levels of deprivation in the 57 largest seaside destinations to determine whether these areas – typically former seaside resorts – suffer from higher levels of deprivation than the average. They found that overall larger seaside destinations were more deprived than the England average in 2007 and 2010,[…]
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Here’s some ONS data on differences between smoking rates in more and less deprived areas. They combined a 2012 household survey with IMD2010 to get a picture of how rates vary by deprivation: A clear correlation with deprivation appears, with both men and women in the most deprived 20% being[…]
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