United Kingdom
Indicators are explained below the map.
Numbers in green = better than EU average; red = worse than EU average.
| Indicator | Average |
| Life expectancy | Men: 79.5 years |
| Women: 83.1 years | |
| Self-perceived health | Low education level: 56.1% |
| Medium education level: 75.1% | |
| High education level: 79.4% | |
| Access to health care services | Low education level: 5% |
| Medium education level: 4.1% | |
| High education level: 4.5% |
Inter-regional inequalities
| Life expectancy | lowest: West Central Scotland, 77.9 years |
| highest: Inner London – West, 84.7 years | |
| Tertiary educational attainment | lowest: East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire 29.9% |
| highest: Inner London – West, 72.8% |
Main Links
Office for National Statistics
EuroHealthNet partners working on health inequalities
England
The Health and Europe Centre, NHS Kent & Medway
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Public Health Department
University of Brighton, School of Health Sciences
Department of Health and Social Care (England)
Scotland
Wales
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Resources from and about the United Kingdom
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