Health and mortality
Life Expectancy at birth
Men in Southwark can expect to live for 77.8 years, women 82.9 years. Male life expectancy is lower in Southwark than London or England. However, life expectancy for males has increased over the last decade and the gap between Southwark and England is steadily reducing. Over the last decade female life expectancy has been steadily increasing and is now higher than the national average, for further information click here.
Within Southwark there is much variation in life expectancy, the difference between the worst off and best off is 9.5 years for males and 6.9 years for females.For further information on the slope index of inequality, click
here.
| Date | File Name | Type |
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| 1997 - 2008 | Life expectancy at birth |
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| 2010 | Marmot life expectancy indicators |
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Main Causes of death
All ages all causes
Numbers of deaths per year are reducing in Southwark. In 2000 there were 1904 deaths and in 2009 there were 1402, a reduction of more than 25%. The death rate has also fallen, from 786.5 per 100,000 in 2000 to 523.4 per 100,000 in 2009, bringing it broadly in line with the rate for London (523.1) and England (547.3) and below near neighbours Lambeth (644.4) and Lewisham (604.2). For further information click here.
| Date | File Name | Type |
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| 2000 - 2009 | All age all cause mortality |
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Circulatory
Deaths due to circulatory disease in those aged under 75 are reducing in Southwark. There were half as many death in 2008 (143 deaths) as in 2000 (288 deaths). The death rate has also fallen, from 152 per 100,000 in 2000 to 77 per 100,000 in 2008, bringing it broadly in line with the 2008 rate for London (76) and England (71) and below near neighbours Lambeth (86) and Lewisham (101). For further information click here.
| Date | File Name | Type |
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| 2000 - 2008 | Mortality from all circulatory diseases (under 75): Directly age-standardised rates |
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Cancers
Although there is a reduction in the number of deaths due to cancer in those aged under 75 in both London and England, there is limited evidence of this trend in Southwark. Numbers of deaths reduced from 265 (in 2000) to 220 (2007) but increased again to 271 in 2008. In 2008, the death rate due to cancer (under 75) is higher in Southwark (143 per 100,000) than in London (108) and England (112). For further information click here.
| Date | File Name | Type |
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| 2000 - 2008 | Mortality from all cancers (under 75): Directly age-standardised rates |
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Respiratory
Between 2000 and 2008 there have been, on average, 110 deaths per year in Southwark attributed to respiratory disease. Although there is evidence of a reduction in deaths in both London and England, there is no evidence of this in Southwark. In 2008, the death rate due to respiratory disease is higher in Southwark (41.5 per 100,000) than in London (26.7) and England (27.2). For further information click here.
For further information click here.| Date | File Name | Type |
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| 2000 - 2008 | Mortality from bronchitis, emphysema and other COPD: Directly age-standardised rates |
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Mental health - Suicide
In Southwark across the last ten years (2000 - 09) there have been on average 24.5 deaths from suicide or injury undetermined per year, however numbers have been less than 25 for the last five years, suggesting the rate may be decreasing. The most recent Southwark rate (6.9 per 100,000 population) is the same as London (6.9) and lower than England (8.1), however, as these figures are subject to variation from year to year this should not be interpreted as significantly different. In Southwark there are three times as many male deaths from suicide or injury undetermined as female. For more information click here.
| Date | File Name | Type |
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| 2000 - 2009 | Mortality from suicide and injury undetermined |
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Lifestyle
Smoking
There were 301 deaths in Southwark attributed to smoking between 2006 and 2008, this equates to 255 deaths per 100,000 age 35+, a rate higher than both London and England. It is estimated that 27% of adults in the borough smoke, again greater than London (21%) and England (22%), for further information click here. Southwark has a large gender difference in smoking prevalence, with an estimated 32.2% of males smoking compared to 13.6% females. Smoking patterns are not uniform across Southwark, it appears to be more common in parts of the Bermondsey & Rotherhithe locality and less common in parts of the Dulwich and Peckham & Camberwell localities. To access a map showing this distribution click
here.
For more detailed smoking needs assessment information, click here
| Date | File Name | Type |
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| 2010 | Mortality due to smoking and smoking prevalence |
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| 2003 - 2005 | Modelled smoking prevalence estimates: LSOA map |
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Alcohol
Data from 2007/09 suggests approximately 1,400 alcohol related admissions per 100,000 in Southwark, which is broadly in line with London and England, for further information click here. 2007/08 data suggests that 18.4% of adults in Southwark binge drink, higher than London (14.3%) but lower than England (20.1%).The proportion is not uniform across the borough, ranging from 7.1% to 21.6%. To access a map showing this distribution click
here.
For more detailed alcohol needs assessment information, click
here
| Date | File Name | Type |
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| 2007 - 2008 | Alcohol-harm related hospital admission rates |
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| 2007 - 2008 | Percentage of the adult population that binge drink |
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| 2007 - 2008 | Percentage of the adult population that binge drink: LSOA map |
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