Mortality in England and Wales: past and projected trends in average lifespan

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Mortality in England and Wales: past and projected trends in average lifespan

5 July 2022

Today we released an article, looking at 3 measures of average lifespan: life expectancy at birth, median age at death, and modal age at death to understand patterns of mortality from 1841 to 2020 in England and Wales. We also consider future prospects for mortality using projections of life expectancy for 2021 to 2070.

Read the article here
Rich Pereira

Rich Pereira is the head of the Population Statistics Division. You can follow Rich on Twitter for the latest in population statistics news: @RichPereira_ONS.

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