Life Expectancy at Birth[1]

This information is sourced from the Department of Health - The Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Inequalities Monitoring System (HSCIMS) Sub-Regional Report 2017.

The information in this report relates to people that are resident within the council area.

Life Expectancyat Birth - Males

Between 2012-14 within LCCC;

  • Males born can expect to live on average to 79.7 years old
  • Male life expectancy has increased by 1.3 years from 2008-10 (78.4 years)
  • Male life expectancy is 3.7 years lower in the most deprived areas within LCCC(76.0 years)
  • Male life expectancy ranges from 77.8 years in Lisburn South DEA to 81.6 years in Killutagh DEA
  • Males can expect to live on average 3.6 years less than females
  • Male life expectancy is 1.4 years higher than Northern Ireland overall
  • Male life expectancy is the highestacross all councils (at council level)

Table 1: Male Life Expectancy at Birth LCCC and NI (2008-10 to 2012-14)

2008-10 / 2009-11 / 2010-12 / 2011-13 / 2012-14
Northern Ireland / 77.0 / 77.4 / 77.7 / 78.0 / 78.3
LCCC / 78.4 / 78.8 / 79.1 / 79.3 / 79.7
LCCC Deprived / 74.7 / 75.2 / 75.4 / 76.1 / 76.0
LCCC-NI Gap / -1.4 / -1.4 / -1.4 / -1.3 / -1.4
LCCC Deprivation Gap / 3.8 / 3.6 / 3.7 / 3.2 / 3.7
DEA / 2008-10 / 2009-11 / 2010-12 / 2011-13 / 2012-14
Castlereagh East / 76.9 / 78.3 / 79.6 / 79.5 / 79.1
Castlereagh South / 79.3 / 79.7 / 81.1 / 81.1 / 81.4
Downshire East / 80.0 / 81.7 / 81.4 / 81.0 / 80.4
Downshire West / 78.9 / 79.9 / 79.6 / 79.4 / 80.4
Killultagh / 80.4 / 79.9 / 79.9 / 80.1 / 81.6
Lisburn North / 78.3 / 78.6 / 78.7 / 79.1 / 79.0
Lisburn South / 76.5 / 76.2 / 75.9 / 77.0 / 77.8

Life Expectancy at Birth - Females

Between 2012-14 within LCCC;

  • Females born can expect to live on average to 83.3 years old
  • Female life expectancy has increased by 1.1 years from 2008-10 (82.2 years)
  • Female life expectancy is 2.2 years lower in the most deprived areas within LCCC(81.1 years)
  • The deprivation gap for female life expectancy is the third highest (along with Derry City and Strabane 2.2 years) across all councils behind Mid & East Antrim (3.2 years) and Belfast (3.0 years).
  • Female life expectancy ranges from 81.7 years in Castlereagh East DEA to 86.9 years in Downshire East DEA
  • Females can expect to live on average 3.6 years longer than males
  • Female life expectancy is 1.0 years higher than Northern Ireland overall
  • Female life expectancy is the highest along with Mid Ulster across all councils

Table 2: Female Life Expectancy at Birth LCCC and NI (2008-10 to 2012-14)

2008-10 / 2009-11 / 2010-12 / 2011-13 / 2012-14
Northern Ireland / 81.4 / 81.9 / 82.1 / 82.3 / 82.3
LCCC / 82.2 / 82.3 / 82.6 / 83.2 / 83.3
LCCC Deprived / 80.5 / 80.8 / 81.4 / 81.0 / 81.1
LCCC-NI Gap / -0.8 / -0.4 / -0.5 / -0.9 / -1.0
LCCC Deprivation Gap / 1.7 / 1.5 / 1.2 / 2.2 / 2.2
DEA / 2008-10 / 2009-11 / 2010-12 / 2011-13 / 2012-14
Castlereagh East / 81.0 / 81.4 / 82.1 / 82.6 / 81.7
Castlereagh South / 83.2 / 83.2 / 83.5 / 84.1 / 84.5
Downshire East / 84.7 / 86.1 / 85.7 / 86.1 / 86.9
Downshire West / 81.0 / 82.3 / 83.5 / 84.0 / 83.5
Killultagh / 84.3 / 83.8 / 83.0 / 83.7 / 84.8
Lisburn North / 81.5 / 81.2 / 81.5 / 81.9 / 82.2
Lisburn South / 81.3 / 81.6 / 82.3 / 82.0 / 81.9

Date of Last Update: 04/04/17

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[1] More detailed information or the full report can be found here information on the 95% confidence intervals (for the most recent year’s data) refer to Table A7 within the report.

The expected years of life at time of birth based on mortality patterns in the period in question. It is based on the average death rates over a three year period.