"Figure 2: Males and females living in the most deprived areas saw the largest reductions in life expectancy","" "Change in life expectancy at birth, England, between 2015 to 2017 and 2018 to 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Life expectancy (LE) includes all usual residents. 2. Deprivation deciles are based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019 (IMD 2019). Decile 1 represents the most deprived 10% (or decile) of small areas in England, and Decile 10 represents the least deprived 10%. 3. Change in LE in months was calculated by multiplying the change in LE in years between 2015 to 2017 and 2018 to 2020, by 12. 4. The absence of columns indicates no change in LE rounded to one decimal place." "Unit","Months" "","" "IMD Deciles","Females","Males" "1","-4.8","-6" "2","-1.2","-3.6" "3","-1.2","-2.4" "4","-1.2","-2.4" "5","2.4","0" "6","2.4","-1.2" "7","2.4","-1.2" "8","2.4","0" "9","2.4","-1.2" "10","1.2","-1.2"