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Health expectancies at birth and at age 65 in the UK
Created: 17/10/2016, Updated: 18/10/2016
News/Events Category: General NewsThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released information on health expectancies at birth and at age 65 in the UK, based on 2011 Census health and disability prevalence data: 2010 to 2012.
As life expectancy is increasing in the UK, health expectancies can add a quality of life dimension by estimating how much lifetime can be expected to be spent in “Very good or good” health or free from a limiting long-term illness or disability. Both health expectancies are high-level summary measures of population health and are important indicators of the well-being of society, providing context to the impact of policy changes and interventions at both national and local levels.
Health expectancies are used across public, private and voluntary sectors, in the assessment of healthy ageing, fitness for work, monitoring health improvement, fairness in extension to the State Pension age (SPa), future pension provision and health and social care need.
Key findings in the data show that within the UK men and women at age 65 in Scotland could expect to live the longest in “Very good good” health (9.3 years and 10.2 years respectively) even though their life expectancies were the shortest (76.5 years and 80.7 years respectively).
A range of graphs and infographics showing how Scotland compares to the rest of the UK can be found below:
General health state life expectancy for males at birth, 2010 to 2012
General health state life expectancy for females at birth, 2010 to 2012
Number of years expected in "Very good or good" health for males and females at birth, by local area, UK - UK map graphic
Highest and lowest number of years expected in "Very good or good" health for males and females at birth, by local area, UK - In Scotland the highest years expected in "Very good or good" health was in the Orkney Islands for both males and females with the lowest years expected in Glasgow City for males and females.
The original data along with further explanations on these graphs can be found by clicking here.
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