Segment tool: November 2022 data update
The Segment Tool presents information on the causes of death and age groups that lead to inequalities in life expectancy at a local area level. The tool allows users to view a breakdown of the life expectancy gap within England, each English region, and each local authority, and between each local authority or region and England as a whole.
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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.
The Segment Tool was first published in January 2014, and last updated in May 2022. The following changes have been made to the Segment Tool since the previous update:
- data for 2014 to 2016, and 2017 to 2019 has been added to the tool, in addition to the 2020 to 2021 data which was already available
- the user interface of the tool has been redesigned to allow trends to be viewed
Data for lower tier local authorities has been included for 2014 to 2016 and 2017 to 2019, but has not been included for 2020 to 2021 as the breakdowns based on 2 years of data are not robust due to small numbers.
The tool contains data for England, English regions and local authorities.