WIREDGOV

Main points

• Males spend a higher proportion (80%) of their lives in “Good” health compared with females (77%)
• The number of years people live in “Good” health tended to be lower in the northern parts of England compared to the south
• Females in the North East had a lower healthy life expectancy (HLE) than males in any other part of the country
• Males in Wokingham could expect to live 17.8 years longer in “Good” health than males in Tower Hamlets (71.4 years compared with 53.6 years)
• Females in Rutland could expect to live 15.8 years longer in “Good” health than females in Barking and Dagenham (71.3 years compared with 55.5 years)
• Between areas just 15-25 miles apart there is around a 16 year gap in the number of years people live in "Good" health within London
• HLE was higher than the state pension age of 65 in a quarter of areas for males and a third of areas for females
• The largest difference in HLE between the sexes was in Camden, where females could expect to live 6.7 years longer in “Good” general health compared with males

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