Healthy life expectancy drops to lowest recorded level

England had the highest level in the UK

Jaskeet Briah
clock • 2 min read

Healthy life expectancy in the UK for both males and females at birth decreased to its lowest recorded level, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The data showed that UK males can expect to spend 60.7 years (77% of life) in "good" general health, compared to 60.9 years (73%) for females. These mark a drop of 1.8 years and 2.5 years, respectively, compared with the last non-overlapping reporting period (2019-2021). Despite "modest" increases in life expectancy since 2019-2021, the ONS said that healthy life expectancy at birth in the UK decreased to its lowest level since it began tracking this in 2011-2013. David Cooper, director, Just Group, said this is a worrying trend that will have a significant impact on some people's ...

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