# Health in Wyre Forest

The south west of the West Midlands. 104,179 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 195 square kilometres.

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

In: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands)

## Female life expectancy

Wyre Forest: **83.1 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025.

A baby girl born in Wyre Forest could expect to live 83.1 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024.
In West Midlands the figure is 82.8 years.
For the UK as a whole it is 83.0 years.
Wyre Forest is joint 158th lowest of 359 for female life expectancy.

- Against West Midlands: About the same (82.8 years)
- Against the UK: About the same (83.0 years)

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-female?place=E07000239) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-female) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/west-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/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 Wyre Forest. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?place=E07000239) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/health#l-gp-practices

## Male life expectancy

Wyre Forest: **78.5 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025.

A baby boy born in Wyre Forest could expect to live 78.5 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024.
In West Midlands the figure is 78.7 years.
For the UK as a whole it is 79.2 years.
Wyre Forest is joint 112th lowest of 359 for male life expectancy.

- Against West Midlands: About the same (78.7 years)
- Against the UK: 1% lower (79.2 years)

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-male?place=E07000239) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-male) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/west-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/health#l-life-expectancy-male

## Number of GP practices

Wyre Forest: **9** (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=E07000239) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/health#l-gp-practices-count

## More on this place

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

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E07000239/data?family=health

## How to cite

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