# Health in Blackburn with Darwen The north east of the North West. 163,801 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 137 square kilometres. 4 layers about health for Blackburn with Darwen, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) ## Female life expectancy Blackburn with Darwen: **80.4 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby girl born in Blackburn with Darwen could expect to live 80.4 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In North West the figure is 81.9 years. For the UK as a whole it is 83.0 years. Blackburn with Darwen is joint 19th lowest of 359 for female life expectancy. - Against North West: 2% lower (81.9 years) - Against the UK: 3% lower (83.0 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-female#place=E06000008) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-female) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/north-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/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 Blackburn with Darwen. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices#place=E06000008) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/health#l-gp-practices ## Male life expectancy Blackburn with Darwen: **76.5 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby boy born in Blackburn with Darwen could expect to live 76.5 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In North West the figure is 77.9 years. For the UK as a whole it is 79.2 years. Blackburn with Darwen is joint 20th lowest of 359 for male life expectancy. - Against North West: 2% lower (77.9 years) - Against the UK: 3% lower (79.2 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-male#place=E06000008) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-male) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/north-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/health#l-life-expectancy-male ## Number of GP practices Blackburn with Darwen: **22** (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=E06000008) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/health#l-gp-practices-count ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/deprivation) (8) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/planning) (3) - [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/economy) (4) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E06000008/data?family=health ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/health, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/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 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/health