This page contains data on health inequalities at England and local level.
CHIME, the Health Inequalities Dashboard and the Segment Tool are interactive web tools which can be accessed via the links below. Some additional data and resources are also provided on this page.
The CHIME tool brings together data relating to the impacts of COVID-19, for factors such as mortality rates, hospital admissions, confirmed cases, vaccinations and life expectancy. It presents inequality breakdowns, including by age, sex, ethnic group, level of deprivation, population density and region.
Access the CHIME tool here
The Health Inequalities Dashboard provides information to monitor progress on reducing inequalities within England. It presents measures of inequality for 19 key indicators, the majority drawn from the Public Health Outcomes Framework. The dashboard measures trends in each indicator since a baseline period, with longer term data provided where these are available.
Access the Health Inequalities Dashboard here
The Segment Tool provides information on the causes of death and age groups that are driving inequalities in life expectancy at local area level. Targeting the causes of death and age groups which contribute most to the life expectancy gap should have the biggest impact on reducing inequalities.
Access the Segment Tool here
To provide further understanding of local authority trends in life expectancy, an Excel file comparing current estimates with a range of earlier time periods has been produced. This file also highlights that current life expectancy in some areas is still lower than the average life expectancy in England 10, 15 and 20 years ago, and can be downloaded here.
To provide further understanding of geographic inequalities in life expectancy, and some of the other indicators in the Health Inequalities Dashboard, a set of maps has also been produced. The PowerPoint file can be downloaded here.
The Segment Tool was updated in May 2022. The following changes were made to the tool:
Provisional data for 2020 to 2021 have been added to allow users to view the breakdown of inequality in life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. These data are based on provisional mortality data for 2021, and 2020 population estimates. The tool will be updated once final data becomes available.
Data for lower tier local authorities have not been included as the breakdowns based on two years of data are not robust due to small numbers.
Data for NHS geographies are not included but it is anticipated that, where possible, these will be added in a future update.
Previous data has been removed from the tool as it is not comparable with the latest data.
A link to the COVID-19 Health Inequalities Monitoring for England tool (CHIME) has been added to this page. The tool is updated on a monthly basis.
The Health Inequalities Dashboard was updated in March 2021. The following changes were made:
The Health Inequalities Dashboard was updated in September 2020. The following changes were made:
The Health Inequalities Dashboard was updated in March 2020. The following changes were made:
An additional resources section was also added to the page in March containing further information on inequalities in life expectancy and other indicators.
The Segment Tool was updated in January 2020. The following changes were made to the tool:
This page was created in May 2019 to host the Health Inequalities Dashboard and Segment Tool. Both tools were updated at the same time.
The following changes have been made to the Health Inequalities Dashboard since the previous update in September 2018:
The following changes have been made to the Segment Tool since the previous update in May 2016:
The methodology changes mean that the latest version of the Segment Tool is not comparable with previous versions of the tool, so older versions have been removed from the website.
The Segment Tool was updated in May 2022. The following changes were made to the tool:
Provisional data for 2020 to 2021 have been added to allow users to view the breakdown of inequality in life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. These data are based on provisional mortality data for 2021, and 2020 population estimates. The tool will be updated once final data becomes available.
Data for lower tier local authorities have not been included as the breakdowns based on two years of data are not robust due to small numbers.
Data for NHS geographies are not included but it is anticipated that, where possible, these will be added in a future update.
Previous data has been removed from the tool as it is not comparable with the latest data.
A link to the COVID-19 Health Inequalities Monitoring for England tool (CHIME) has been added to this page. The tool is updated on a monthly basis.
The Health Inequalities Dashboard was updated in March 2021. The following changes were made:
The Health Inequalities Dashboard was updated in September 2020. The following changes were made:
The Health Inequalities Dashboard was updated in March 2020. The following changes were made:
An additional resources section was also added to the page in March containing further information on inequalities in life expectancy and other indicators.
The Segment Tool was updated in January 2020. The following changes were made to the tool:
This page was created in May 2019 to host the Health Inequalities Dashboard and Segment Tool. Both tools were updated at the same time.
The following changes have been made to the Health Inequalities Dashboard since the previous update in September 2018:
The following changes have been made to the Segment Tool since the previous update in May 2016:
The methodology changes mean that the latest version of the Segment Tool is not comparable with previous versions of the tool, so older versions have been removed from the website.