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Life expectancy in Coventry

Life expectancy along Coventry bus route number 7

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• Life expectancy along Coventry bus route number 7 (PDF) [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/file/38848/life_expectancy_along_coventry_bus_route_number_7]

The life expectancy at birth of the average person in Coventry is 76.8 years for males and 81.6 years for females. However, this masks significant health inequalities across the city.

Coventry bus route number 7 runs between Brownshill Green in the north-west and Bell Green in the north-east of the city. It crosses some of the city's most affluent areas, as well as some of the most deprived areas.

The graphic above sets out the bus route (in black) across the city; and the base map sets out the neighbourhoods (known as MSOAs) of Coventry. The colours represents the average life expectancy at birth of residents in each of Coventry’s neighbourhood areas (MSOA) in 2016-2020.

On the graphic, the height of each bus stop represents the average life expectancy at birth of residents in each area in 2016-2020. Life expectancy serves as a useful summary measure of mortality, as it quantifies the differences between areas in the years of life lived; and therefore, illustrates the stark health inequalities across the city. It shows that, along the number 7 bus route, people living in Henley Green (near the bus stop by the old White Horse pub) have the lowest life expectancy at 73.5 years for males and 79.0 years for females, and people living in Allesley Green have the highest life expectancy at 80.4 years for males and 86.6 years for females. 

Strategies, reports, needs assessments and resources

Joint strategic needs assessment (JSNA)

• View the latest joint strategic needs assessment (JSNA) [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/jsna]

Joint cultural needs assessment (JCNA)

• Coventry 2021 evaluation [https://coventry21evaluation.info/]
• Coventry 2021 cultural place profiler [http://coventry.culturalplaceprofiler.co.uk/]

COVID-19

• Local outbreak management plan (March 2021) [https://smarturl.it/lomp]
• Covid health impact assessment (July 2020) [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/6358/covid-19-health-impact-assessment-coventry-and-warwickshire-public-health]

Public health reports

• Public health reports [/publichealthreports]
• Coventry Marmot City evaluation 2020 [http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/coventry-marmot-city-evaluation-2020]

Strategies

• Marmot City [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/file/20347/making_a_difference_in_tough_times]
• Reducing health inequalities (PDF) [https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/documents/s24201/Reducing%20Health%20Inequalities%20in%20Coventry.pdf]
• Smoke-free strategy (PDF) [https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/documents/s23609/Coventry%20Smokefree%20Strategy%202015-2016.pdf]

Other Coventry documents

• Population Health Management documents [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/7773/population-health-management]
• Health inequalities in the city - Marmot Monitoring tool [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/marmot-monitoring-tool]
• Pharmaceutical needs assessment [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/data-reports/pharmaceutical-needs-assessment-pna]

External resources

• The Health Foundation - What builds good health? Local authority dashboard [https://www.health.org.uk/evidence-hub/local-authority-dashboard]
•  Coventry child health profile [http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3694/coventry_health_profiles]
• Public health outcomes framework data tool [https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework/data#page/1/gid/1000049/pat/6/ati/501/are/E08000026/iid/90366/age/1/sex/1/cat/-1/ctp/-1/yrr/3/cid/4/tbm/1]
• Public Health England data and knowledge gateway [http://datagateway.phe.org.uk/]
• Public Health England fingertips [http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/]
• Inhale - INteractive Health Atlas of Lung conditions in England [https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/inhale]
• Shape Atlas [https://shapeatlas.net/]
• National child measurement programme (NCMP) profile [http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/national-child-measurement-programme/data#page/1/gid/8000011/pat/6/par/E12000005/ati/102/are/E08000026]
• HealthWatch Coventry [http://www.healthwatchcoventry.co.uk/]
• Public Health England local health tool [http://www.localhealth.org.uk/#v=map7;l=en;z=421030,287513,26072,16338]
• Older people health and wellbeing profiles [http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/older-people-health]
• The Adult Social Care Analytical Hub [http://bit.ly/SocialCare_HUB] (NHS Digital)

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) data for Coventry

Adult Social Care data

The Adult Social Care Analytical Hub from NHS Digital

• Adult Social Care data hub [https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-tools-and-services/data-services/adult-social-care-data-hub?area=adult-social-care-publications] - allows you to explore a range of adult social care datasets and interactive tools

Adult Social Care: Overview by Region and Local Authority- Interactive Report

Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF)

Health Index

The Health Index for England 2015 - 2021 created by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Access to local amenities

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published data analysis quantifying access to a variety of local amenities, including GP surgeries, dental surgeries, prescribing dispensaries, libraries, community facilities and many more.  

It allows the overall level of access for people living in Coventry for each amenity included to be compared with all other local authority areas across England and Wales.

See below to a link to their analysis and for a tool you can use to compare all areas in the country and find the Coventry figures.

• Access to local amenities in England and Wales: October 2024 [https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/accesstolocalamenitiesinenglandandwales/october2024] (ONS)