# Health in Ashfield The north west of the East Midlands. 130,581 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 110 square kilometres. 4 layers about health for Ashfield, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands) ## Female life expectancy Ashfield: **81.7 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby girl born in Ashfield could expect to live 81.7 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In East Midlands the figure is 82.8 years. For the UK as a whole it is 83.0 years. Ashfield is joint 69th lowest of 359 for female life expectancy. - Against East Midlands: 1% lower (82.8 years) - Against the UK: 2% lower (83.0 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-female#place=E07000170) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-female) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/east-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/health#l-life-expectancy-female ## GP practices Postcode level, Great Britain only. Source: NHS England and Public Health Scotland and Ordnance Survey. Published as points, so there is no single figure for Ashfield. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices#place=E07000170) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/health#l-gp-practices ## Male life expectancy Ashfield: **77.0 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby boy born in Ashfield could expect to live 77.0 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In East Midlands the figure is 79.0 years. For the UK as a whole it is 79.2 years. Ashfield is joint 38th lowest of 359 for male life expectancy. - Against East Midlands: 3% lower (79.0 years) - Against the UK: 3% lower (79.2 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-male#place=E07000170) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-male) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/east-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/health#l-life-expectancy-male ## Number of GP practices Ashfield: **16** (2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: Worked out by Open Index from NHS England's Organisation Data Service, Public Health Scotland and OS Code-Point Open. Published 15 October 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/number-of-gp-practices#place=E07000170) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/health#l-gp-practices-count ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/deprivation) (8) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/planning) (3) - [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/economy) (4) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E07000170/data?family=health ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/health, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/health#l-life-expectancy-female. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/health