Health and life expectancies

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

Highlights

In 2012 to 2014, males at birth in England could expect to spend a higher proportion (79.7%) of their remaining lives in “Good” health, compared with females (76.9%).
London had the largest inequality in healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth between upper tier local authorities (UTLAs) for males and females at 13.6 years and 17.6 years respectively.
At birth, males in Wokingham could expect to live 15.5 years longer in “Good” health than males in Blackpool (70.5 years compared with 55.0 years).

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).

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.

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey: 2013

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