Table 1.
Category | Research site | North West | Great Britain |
---|---|---|---|
Long term health problem or disability (2011) | |||
Day to day activities: | |||
Limited a lot | 11% | 10% | 8.3% |
Limited a little | 9.7% | 10% | 9.3% |
Not limited | 79.3% | 80% | 82.4% |
Life Expectancy at birth (2007–2009) | |||
Males (years) | 74.7 | 76.6 | 78.3 |
Females (years) | 79.6 | 80.8 | 82.3 |
Incapacity benefits (2010) | 11% | 9% | 7% |
Employment | |||
Unemployment rate (2017/18) | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
All people of working age claiming a key benefit (2016) | 14.6% | 13.2% | 11% |
Data taken from Official Labour Market Statistics, www.nomisweb.co.uk, accessed 30/7/18