# Health in Gateshead The north west of the North East. 202,509 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 142 square kilometres. 4 layers about health for Gateshead, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east) ## Female life expectancy Gateshead: **81.5 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby girl born in Gateshead could expect to live 81.5 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In North East the figure is 81.6 years. For the UK as a whole it is 83.0 years. Gateshead is joint 60th lowest of 359 for female life expectancy. - Against North East: About the same (81.6 years) - Against the UK: 2% lower (83.0 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-female?place=E08000037) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-female) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/north-east) · https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/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 Gateshead. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?place=E08000037) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/health#l-gp-practices ## Male life expectancy Gateshead: **76.9 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby boy born in Gateshead could expect to live 76.9 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In North East the figure is 77.7 years. For the UK as a whole it is 79.2 years. Gateshead is joint 33rd lowest of 359 for male life expectancy. - Against North East: 1% lower (77.7 years) - Against the UK: 3% lower (79.2 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-male?place=E08000037) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-male) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/north-east) · https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/health#l-life-expectancy-male ## Number of GP practices Gateshead: **24** (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=E08000037) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/health#l-gp-practices-count ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/deprivation) (8) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/planning) (3) - [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/economy) (4) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E08000037/data?family=health ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/health, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/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 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/health