"Figure 2: Life expectancy of care home residents was lower than in non-care home residents ","" "Life expectancy by age group, England and Wales, 2011 to 2012","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures are conditional on surviving to the stated age group and are reported from the start of the age group. 2. The term ""care home residents"" in this release refers to those who were recorded as living in a care home during the 2011 Census. 3. The term ‘non-care home residents' refers to the rest of the population recorded as living in England and Wales during the 2011 Census excluding our definition of care home residents. 4. Calculations are based on unrounded estimates, therefore data presented in this article may differ from data presented in this figure because of rounding. 5. Confidence intervals are available in the [accompanying dataset](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/datasets/lifeexpectancyincarehomesenglandandwales)." "Unit","Years" "","" "","Care home residents","Non-care home residents" " Males 65 to 69","6.5","19.7" " Males 70 to 74","5.0","15.9" " Males 75 to 79","3.9","12.5" " Males 80 to 84","3.3","9.5" "Males 85 to 89","2.9","7.1" "Males90 to 94","2.6","5.3" "Males 95 and over","2.1","4.2" "Females 65 to 69","7.5","22.8" "Females 70 to 74","6.2","18.7" "Females 75 to 79","5.3","14.9" "Females 80 to 84","4.5","11.6" "Females 85 to 89","4.0","8.7" "Females 90 to 94","3.4","6.6" "Females 95 and over","2.7","5.0"