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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