National Life Tables, United Kingdom, 2010-2012
21 Mar 2014 05:04 PM
Key Points
- A newborn baby boy could expect
to live 78.7 years and a newborn baby girl 82.6 years if mortality rates remain
the same as they were in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2010-2012 throughout their
lives.
- The gap between life expectancy
at birth between boys and girls in the UK has narrowed from six years in
1980-1982 to under four years in 2010-2012.
- Life expectancy at birth has
increased by two and a half years per decade since 1980-1982 in the UK for
males, and by two years per decade for females.
- Life expectancy at age 65 in the
UK increased by 40% to 18.2 years for men and for women by 23% to 20.7 years in
the 30 years between 1980-1982 and 2010-2012.
- In 2010-2012 a man in the UK
aged 85 had an average further 5.8 years of life remaining and a woman 6.8
years.