# Health in Exeter The south west of the South West. 137,894 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 47 square kilometres. 4 layers about health for Exeter, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) ## Female life expectancy Exeter: **83.1 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby girl born in Exeter could expect to live 83.1 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In South West the figure is 84.1 years. For the UK as a whole it is 83.0 years. Exeter is joint 158th lowest of 359 for female life expectancy. - Against South West: 1% lower (84.1 years) - Against the UK: About the same (83.0 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-female?place=E07000041) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-female) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/south-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/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 Exeter. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?place=E07000041) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/health#l-gp-practices ## Male life expectancy Exeter: **79.1 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby boy born in Exeter could expect to live 79.1 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In South West the figure is 80.3 years. For the UK as a whole it is 79.2 years. Exeter is joint 155th lowest of 359 for male life expectancy. - Against South West: 1% lower (80.3 years) - Against the UK: About the same (79.2 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-male?place=E07000041) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-male) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/south-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/health#l-life-expectancy-male ## Number of GP practices Exeter: **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=E07000041) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/health#l-gp-practices-count ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/deprivation) (8) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/planning) (3) - [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/economy) (4) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E07000041/data?family=health ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/health, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/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 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/exeter/health