What is healthy life expectancy (HLE)?

Healthy life expectancy measures the average time a person can expect to live in good general health

Between periods 2019 to 2021 and 2022 to 2024, HLE decreased in England, Scotland and Wales. England continued to have the highest HLE for both males and females. Scotland had the lowest for males and Wales had the lowest for females.

Commenting on today’s release, Greg Ceely, Head of Population Life Events, Office for National Statistics, said:

“Today’s figures show that, while people in the UK are living longer than at the height of the pandemic, the proportion of their lives spent in good health is still getting smaller.

“Back in 2011, when the ONS first collected this data, men were expected to remain in good health until around the age of 63, and women 64. Today, they could both expect around 61 years of healthy life.”

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Healthy life expectancy, UK: between 2011 to 2013 and 2022 to 2024

The number of years people are expected to spend in “good” general health in the UK, including subnational areas.

Table of contents

1. Main points
2. Healthy life expectancy at national and regional levels
3. Healthy life expectancy in local areas of the UK
4. Data on Healthy life expectancy, UK
5. Glossary
6. Data sources and quality
7. Related links
8. Cite this statistical bulletin