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Health state life expectancies, UK: 2013 to 2015
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- A newborn baby boy could expect to live 79.2 years and a newborn baby girl 82.9 years if mortality rates remain the same as they were in the UK in 2013 to 2015 throughout their lives.
- Life expectancy for the UK is higher in 2013 to 2015 compared to 2009 to 2011 but the proportion of life spent in good health is falling, due to the improvement in life expectancy exceeding that of healthy life expectancy.
- A newborn baby boy could expect to live 63.1 years in good health if they experienced the same health status rates as observed between 2013 and 2015, 0.8 years lower than it was for baby girls. For males, healthy life expectancy increased by 0.4 years since 2009 to 2011 but for females it remained static at 63.9 years.
What affects an area’s healthy life expectancy?
People are living longer than ever before. Newborn boys in England in 2013 to 2015 could expect to live until 80 years old, while baby girls were likely to reach their 83rd birthday.
However, these children are likely to spend at least 20% of their lives in poorer health. Boys born in 2013 to 2015 will enjoy just 63 years of good health on average, while girls can expect 64 healthy years.
Datasets related to Health and life expectancies
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Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE) and Life Expectancy (LE) at birth by Region, England
Health expectancies for both sexes at birth by region with confidence intervals and proportions of life with and without disability.
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Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE) and Life Expectancy (LE): at age 65 by region, England
Health expectancies for both sexes at age 65 by region with confidence intervals and proportions of life with and without disability.
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Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE) and Life Expectancy (LE) at birth by Region, England
Health expectancies for both sexes at birth by region with confidence intervals and proportions of life with and without disability.
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Health Expectancies in the United Kingdom, Great Britain, England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland
Contains reference tables of Healthy Life Expectanc at birth and at age 65 by country from 2000–02 to 2009–11.
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Changes in Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE)
Release contains reference tables of Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE)
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Changes in Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE)
The release contains reference tables of Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE).
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Health state life expectancies, UK: 2013 to 2015
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Disability-Free Life Expectancy by Upper Tier Local Authority: England 2012 to 2014
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Health Expectancies at Birth and at Age 65 in the United Kingdom: 2009-11
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Inequality in Disability-Free Life Expectancy by Area Deprivation: England: 2003–06 and 2007–10
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What affects an area’s healthy life expectancy?
People are living longer than ever before. Newborn boys in England in 2013 to 2015 could expect to live until 80 years old, while baby girls were likely to reach their 83rd birthday.
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Opinions and Lifestyle Survey: 2013
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