Health and life expectancies

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

Highlights

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.
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.
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 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.
Changes in Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE)

Release contains reference tables of Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE)
Changes in Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE)

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

Health state life expectancies, UK: 2014 to 2016

Reporting the variations in the self-assess general health and activity limitation among local areas in the UK during 2014 to 2016.
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.
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.
Inequality in Disability-Free Life Expectancy by Area Deprivation: England: 2003–06 and 2007–10

Data on the geographical distribution of disability, which the government and private sector can use to make decisions.

You draw the charts: 60 years of change

In October 1957 BBC Radio 4's Today programme went on the air for the first time. What's changed in the last 60 years?
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.