Health and life expectancies

Publications related to Health and life expectancies

Statistical bulletins

• Health state life expectancies in England, Northern Ireland and Wales: between 2011 to 2013 and 2020 to 2022

  The number of years people are expected to spend in different health states in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, and English regions.

• 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.

Articles

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  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?

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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.

• 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.