Health and life expectancies

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

Highlights

In the period 2015 to 2017, males in the UK had a life expectancy (LE) of 79.2 years at birth while females had a life expectancy of 82.9 years.
Male life expectancy (LE) at birth increased by seven months since 2009 to 2011 while female LE increased by four months only.
The region of London improved its life expectancy at birth more quickly than other regions since 2001 to 2003 (the start of the life expectancy series) and in 2015 to 2017 had the highest life expectancy in the UK for females and the second-highest for males.

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: 2015 to 2017

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.

You draw the charts: 60 years of change

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What affects an area’s healthy life expectancy?

How long we will spend in good health, our healthy life expectancy, is becoming increasingly important. Find out what affects healthy life expectancy in your area.
What is my life expectancy? And how might it change?

Use our calculator to find out your life expectancy, your chance of living to 100 and how long you’re likely to need to make your pension pot last.
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey

Teetotalism, drinking in the week before interview, binge drinking (heavy episodic drinking) and frequent drinking, including changes in drinking patterns in recent years.

A handy guide to let you know where to find local statistics.