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How long we live in Barnsley.

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How long people live in Barnsley — and how many of those years are healthy.

Plain-English context

Life expectancy is an area snapshot: how long a newborn would live if today's death rates continued. It is not a prediction for any one person. In Barnsley, men live to about 78 and women to about 81; 2025 figures use provisional deaths data. Healthy life expectancy counts only years in self-reported good health — about 55 for men and 55 for women. Do not mix the two measures up. The separate all-cause mortality card reports a directly age-standardised annual rate for 2023–25; it is not the input used to calculate these life expectancy estimates.

Sources: Office for National Statistics via OHID Fingertips. Each card states its reporting period; open its share page for the retrieval date and full provenance.

81.3

Female life expectancy · years

England: 83.8 · Worse

Barnsley · 2025 · Female, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90366 · Value based on provisional mortality and population data

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78.0

Male life expectancy · years

England: 80.0 · Worse

Barnsley · 2025 · Male, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90366 · Value based on provisional mortality and population data

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55.2

Healthy years, men · years

England: 60.9 · Worse

Barnsley · 2022 – 24 · Male, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90362

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55.3

Healthy years, women · years

England: 61.3 · Worse

Barnsley · 2022 – 24 · Female, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90362

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1093.4

Age-standardised deaths from all causes per 100,000 people per year.

25th highest death rate of 151 upper-tier authorities

England: 932.8 · Worse

Barnsley · 2023 - 25 · Persons, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #93823 · Value based on provisional mortality and population data

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