Welsh Health Expectancies by Deprivation Deciles, 2011-2017

Life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, and disability-free life expectancy data for Wales from 2011 to 2017. The dataset includes slope index of inequality and range metrics at birth and age 65, stratified by national deprivation deciles (WIMD14). It is published by the Government Digital Service under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between area-level deprivation and population health outcomes based on life expectancy metrics.
• Analyzing trends in health inequality over time using the slope index of inequality and range data.
• Comparing healthy versus disability-free life expectancy across different socioeconomic groups in Wales.

Strengths

• Covers a 7-year time range from 2011 to 2017, allowing for trend analysis.
• Includes multiple health expectancy metrics (LE, HLE, DFLE) and inequality indices (SII, range).
• Stratified by deciles of the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD14), enabling granular socioeconomic analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official vital statistics and health surveys.

Time Range

2011 to 2017

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Wales