Key Points

• A newborn baby boy could expect to live 78.9 years and a newborn baby girl 82.7 years if mortality rates remain the same as they were in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2011-2013 throughout their lives.
• Life expectancy at birth has increased by 6.3 hours per day since 1980-1982 for males, and by 4.6 hours per day for females in the UK.
• The most common age at death was 86 for men and 89 for women in 2011-2013.
• In 2011-2013 a man in the UK aged 65 had an average further 18.3 years of life remaining and a woman 20.8 years.