# Health in Tower Hamlets

East London. 334,240 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 20 square kilometres, the most densely populated council in the UK.

4 layers about health for Tower Hamlets, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

In: [London](https://openindex.co.uk/london)

## Female life expectancy

Tower Hamlets: **82.9 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025.

A baby girl born in Tower Hamlets could expect to live 82.9 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024.
In London the figure is 84.7 years.
For the UK as a whole it is 83.0 years.
Tower Hamlets is joint 143rd lowest of 359 for female life expectancy.

- Against London: 2% lower (84.7 years)
- Against the UK: About the same (83.0 years)

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-female?place=E09000030) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-female) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/london) · https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/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 Tower Hamlets. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?place=E09000030) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/health#l-gp-practices

## Male life expectancy

Tower Hamlets: **78.7 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025.

A baby boy born in Tower Hamlets could expect to live 78.7 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024.
In London the figure is 80.5 years.
For the UK as a whole it is 79.2 years.
Tower Hamlets is joint 122nd lowest of 359 for male life expectancy.

- Against London: 2% lower (80.5 years)
- Against the UK: 1% lower (79.2 years)

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-male?place=E09000030) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-male) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/london) · https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/health#l-life-expectancy-male

## Number of GP practices

Tower Hamlets: **30** (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=E09000030) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/health#l-gp-practices-count

## More on this place

- [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets)
- [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/housing) (17)
- [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/crime) (13)
- [People](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/people) (24)
- [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/deprivation) (8)
- [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/education) (2)
- [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/environment) (9)
- [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/transport) (4)
- [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/connectivity) (5)
- [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/planning) (3)
- [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/economy) (4)
- [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/council-tax) (10)
- [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/elections) (7)
- [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/services) (3)
- [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/sources) (28)

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E09000030/data?family=health

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/health, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/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/tower-hamlets/health