Mortality

UK

Surrey

THEN 65.8

NOW 79.2

NOW 81.4

UK

Surrey

THEN 70.1

NOW 82.9

NOW 84.6

Men and women are expected to live on average13 years longer than they were 70 years ago

Life expectancy

When the NHS was born, the infant mortalityrate was 9 times greater than it is now

THEN

NOW

34.5 per 1,000

England and Wales

Surrey

3.9 per 1,000

2.5 per 1,000

Infant mortality

THEN

NOW

England and Wales Surrey

NOW

NOW

Surrey

England and Wales England and Wales

NOW

NOW

THENTHEN

The proportion of people who die from stroke orrespiratory disease is half of what it was 70 years ago

Surrey

THEN

70 years ago heart and circulatorydiseases were the main causes of death

with 1 in 3 people dying from them

0.8m

1.2m

THEN

NOW

In 70 years Surrey’s population has increased by 58%;now nearly 1 in 5 people are over 65 years old

+58%

50m

65.6m

UK Surrey

+31%

NOW

THEN

Surrey

Population

11.5%

6%6.2%

10.4%

5.4%4.5%

Smoking

THEN

NOW

NOW

UK

Surrey

65%17.7%

13.7%

NOW

THEN

NOW

Surrey

41%

14.1%

11.3%

UK

When the NHS wasborn, half of UKadults smoked

England

NOWTHEN

Today 1 in 4adults are obese;70 years ago the

figure was 1%

Changes in our health over 70 years

Obesity

Produced by the Public Health team, Surrey County Council

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