General Insurance Article - Health Expectancies from birth to 65 in the UK 2007-2009

 
•   At birth females and males could expect 76 to 82 per cent of life disability-free and in good general health
 
•   Proportions of life spent disability-free generally increased for males and females at birth between 2004-06 and 2007-09
 
•   At age 65, women and men could expect 47-62 per cent of life disability-free and in good general health
 
•   Proportions of life spent disability-free increased for women but mostly fell for men at age 65 between 2004-06 and 2007-09
 
•   At age 65 men now spend more of their lives in good general health than women in Wales
     

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