This document provides information on how many people live in Broadland broken down by age, sex, ethnicity, disability and other characteristics. There is also detail on life expectancy, inequalities in life expectancy and leading causes of death in the population.
The Norfolk and Waveney ICS is a new partnership between the NHS, local councils and voluntary and community organisations. It aims to meet health and care needs across Norfolk and Waveney, coordinate services and plan in a way that improves population health and reduces inequalities between different groups. It includes five Place Boards covering the former Clinical Commissioning Group areas in Norfolk and Waveney.
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131,700 residents in Broadland in 2021.
1 in 4 were over 65 in 2021.
1 in 20 were under 5 in 2021.
The population in the Broadland Local Authority area is expected to grow by about 17,000 people between 2020 and 2040; the largest growth is expected in the older age bands.
In Broadland, about 6% are non-white-British compared to 26% in England.
Births in Broadland have been increasing over the last decade.
In 2021 there were about 1,100 births.
The rate of births to mothers aged 15-44 in Broadland was 52.9 births per 1,000 women, compared to a rate of 54.3 for England.
There were about 1,700 deaths in 2021 in Broadland.
All cause age-standardised mortality rates in Broadland were similar to England for women. Rates were lower than England for men.
Generally in Norfolk and Waveney, the leading causes of death for males and females are:
Heart disease
Dementia
Stroke
Lung cancer
Life expectancy in Broadland is 81 years for males - significantly higher than the England average for the last comparable period - and 83.6 years for females - significantly higher than the England average for the last comparable period.
The gap in life expectancy at birth between the most deprived 10% and least deprived 10% of areas within Broadland is 2.7 years for females and 3.1 years for males.
Deaths from circulatory, cancer and external causes/diseases contribute most to the life expectancy gap in Norfolk.
Healthy life expectancy in Norfolk is about 62.9 years for males and 63.9 years for females; similar to England and has generally been staying the same over the last few years.
The trend over the last decade is for people in Norfolk to spend more time in ill health, which was 17.1 years for males and 20 years for females in 2018-20.
Norfolk and Waveney is the footprint of the local Integrated Care System (ICS). The ICS footprint is made up of the five Place Board areas: North Norfolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney, South Norfolk, West Norfolk, and Norwich.
In the map below, a number of levels of health, administrative and statistical geographies are illustrated. These range from County through Place Board, Lower Tier Local Authority, Primary Care Network, Middle Super Output Area to Lower Super Output Area (select and de-select area types in the top right corner of the map). Neighbourhoods and small areas are only shown within Broadland. Hover over areas to see names. De-select higher geographies to see names for lower levels.