Although life expectancy is slightly increasing for both men and women, we are all likely to spend longer in poor health – if the latest figures revealed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are any indication to go by.
A baby boy born in 2013-15 can expect to live 79.2 years, compared with 78.5 years in 2009-11. For girls, life expectancy rose from 82.5 years to 82.9 years.
However, healthy life expectancy remained static for women and rose by 0.4 years for men over the same period, according to ONS.
Women can now expect to spend 19 years of their lives in poor health (up 0.4 years), while men must brace for 16.1 years of poor health, up 0.3 years.
