England · Local authority
Blackpool
At current death rates, a boy born in Blackpool can expect to live 73.7 years and a girl 79.1: 5.8 years below England for men and 4.2 years below England for women. Since 2011–13, male life expectancy has fallen by 0.6 years.
- Men, at birth
- 73.7
- Women, at birth
- 79.1
- Healthy years, men
- 50.9
- Healthy years, women
- 51.8
95% CI 73.1–74.4
−5.8 years vs England
95% CI 78.5–79.7
−4.2 years vs England
95% CI 47.3–54.4
−10.0 years vs England
95% CI 47.4–56.1
−9.5 years vs England
Over time
Life expectancy at birth since 2001–03, with the 95% interval, against England (dashed) and the UK (grey).
Men
2022–24: 73.7 · England 79.5
Women
2022–24: 79.1 · England 83.3
Among 359 local authorities
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Men
359thof 359
1st = longest life expectancy
Women
356thof 359
1st = longest life expectancy
Healthy and not
Years expected in good health, and the rest, at birth in 2022–24.
Men
Women
Good or very good healthNot in good health
Deprivation
Blackpool is in the most deprived tenth of English local authorities by IMD 2025 score. These are the others in the same tenth, sorted by male life expectancy.
Ranked 1 of 296 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (1 = most deprived).
Men Women
Local circumstances
Latest OHID figures against England (grey tick). The shaded band is the middle half of English local authorities; teal is better than England, red worse. These travel with life expectancy but don't explain it on their own.
Smoking
2024
20.8%vs 10.4%
highest of all areas
Obesity
2024/25
32.2%vs 26.6%
higher than 79% of areas
Physical inactivity
2024/25
32.0%vs 21.8%
higher than 99% of areas
Alcohol admissions
per 100,000, 2023/24
1,410vs 612
highest of all areas
Deprivation score
2025
43.5vs 21.8
highest of all areas
Child poverty
2024/25
30.5%vs 19.8%
higher than 93% of areas
Unemployment
2025
4.3%vs 4.5%
higher than 59% of areas
Fuel poverty
2024
13.9%vs 10.0%
higher than 99% of areas
Air pollution deaths
2024
4.1%vs 5.3%
lower than 94% of areas
Deaths, age-standardised per 100,000
Cardiovascular, under 75
per 100,000, 2023–25
134vs 74
highest of all areas
Cancer, under 75
per 100,000, 2023–25
169vs 118
highest of all areas
Respiratory, under 75
per 100,000, 2023–25
76vs 33
highest of all areas
Liver disease, under 75
per 100,000, 2023–25
43vs 20
highest of all areas
Drug misuse
per 100,000, 2022–24
21.3vs 5.8
highest of all areas
Suicide
per 100,000, 2022–24
17.1vs 11.0
higher than 95% of areas
Avoidable deaths
Deaths under 75 that could mostly have been avoided through prevention or timely treatment, 2022–24, persons, per 100,000.
avoidable
456
England 234 · +95%
preventable
306
England 151 · +102%
treatable
151
England 83 · +81%
Period life expectancy summarises death rates in 2022–24; it isn't a forecast. Sources: ONS, OHID Fingertips (fetched 2026-09-24), MHCLG. Methods
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