# Health in Rotherham South Yorkshire and The Humber. 279,161 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 287 square kilometres. 4 layers about health for Rotherham, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber) ## Female life expectancy Rotherham: **81.2 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby girl born in Rotherham could expect to live 81.2 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In Yorkshire and The Humber the figure is 82.3 years. For the UK as a whole it is 83.0 years. Rotherham is joint 40th lowest of 359 for female life expectancy. - Against Yorkshire and The Humber: 1% lower (82.3 years) - Against the UK: 2% lower (83.0 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-female?place=E08000018) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-female) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/yorkshire-and-the-humber) · https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/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 Rotherham. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?place=E08000018) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/health#l-gp-practices ## Male life expectancy Rotherham: **78.2 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby boy born in Rotherham could expect to live 78.2 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In Yorkshire and The Humber the figure is 78.3 years. For the UK as a whole it is 79.2 years. Rotherham is joint 99th lowest of 359 for male life expectancy. - Against Yorkshire and The Humber: About the same (78.3 years) - Against the UK: 1% lower (79.2 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-male?place=E08000018) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-male) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/yorkshire-and-the-humber) · https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/health#l-life-expectancy-male ## Number of GP practices Rotherham: **29** (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=E08000018) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/health#l-gp-practices-count ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/deprivation) (8) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/planning) (3) - [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/economy) (4) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E08000018/data?family=health ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/health, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/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/rotherham/health