Health and life expectancies

Comparisons and inequalities in healthy life expectancies (HLE), disability-free life expectancies (DFLE) and life expectancies (LE).

Highlights

There were small increases in male and female life expectancy at birth in the UK between 2013 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018 (0.2% and 0.1% respectively); the size of these increases was substantially smaller than those observed during the first decade of the 21st century.
England and Northern Ireland were the only UK constituent countries to show any significant improvements in life expectancy at birth between 2013 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018.
Life expectancy at birth was highest in the four most southerly regions of England in 2016 to 2018 for both males and females; London showed the largest gain between 2013 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018.

Life expectancy at birth in the UK in 2016 to 2018 was 79.3 years for males and 82.9 years for females; slight improvements were observed in 2015 to 2017 of 3.7 weeks and 4.2 weeks for males and females respectively.
Life expectancy at birth in the UK in 2016 to 2018 was 79.3 years for males and 82.9 years for females; slight improvements were observed in 2015 to 2017 of 3.7 weeks and 4.2 weeks for males and females respectively.
Life expectancy at age 65 years was 18.6 years for males and 21.0 years for females, with an improvement of 4.7 weeks for both sexes in comparison with 2015 to 2017.

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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.
Life Expectancy at Birth and at Age 65 for the UK and Local Areas in Scotland

Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 for the UK and local areas in Scotland, 1991-93 to 2010-12
Life Expectancy at Birth and at Age 65 for the UK and Local Areas in Northern Ireland

Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 for the UK and local areas in Northern Ireland, 1991-93 to 2010-12
Life Expectancy at Birth and at Age 65 by Local Areas in England and Wales

Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 for the UK and local areas in England and Wales, 1991–93 to 2011–13
Changes in Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE)

The release contains reference tables of Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE).
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.

Health state life expectancies, UK: 2016 to 2018

The number of years people are expected to spend in different health states among local authority areas in the UK.
Healthy life expectancy at birth and age 65 by upper tier local authority and area deprivation: England, 2012 to 2014

Healthy life expectancy (HLE) for males and females at birth and age 65 by English regions, upper tier local authorities and national deciles of area deprivation.
Disability-Free Life Expectancy by Upper Tier Local Authority: England 2012 to 2014

2012 to 2014 estimates of disability-free life expectancy for males and females in upper tier local authorities, England at birth and at age 65.
Life Expectancy at Birth and at Age 65 by Local Areas in England and Wales: 2012 to 2014

Trends for England and Wales (national, regional and local areas) in the average number of years people will live beyond their current age measured by "period life expectancy".
Life Expectancy at Birth and at Age 65 by Local Areas in the United Kingdom: 2006-08 to 2010-12

Trends for the UK (national, regional and local areas) in the average number of years people will live beyond their current age measured by "period life expectancy".
Health Expectancies at Birth and at Age 65 in the United Kingdom: 2009-11

The proportion of life spent in good health or free from a limiting illness or disability in the UK and its constituent countries.

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