Under 44? Get ready to live forever!
A look at the latest UK life expectancy at 65 statistics - annual increase has been growing since 1960
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Longevity gap differs greatly between the rich and poor areas of England
BBC - 13-Oct-2021
Report finds alarming fall in life expectancy even before COVID pandemic - calls for better policies
Read more...Covid-19 hit hardest in men, cutting their life expectancy by over an year
BBC - 23-Sep-2021
Life expectancy will recover in the future, but with a 'slower growth'
Read more...Experimental national estimates of life expectancy and mortality based on ethnicity
Guardian - 26-Jul-2021
Compared to blacks and Asians, whites and mixed groups had lower life expectancy
Read more...UK recorded more deaths than births for first time in 40 years
BBC - 25-Jun-2021
Covid may not be the only reason; fewer births and older population also fuel death rates
Read more...Working 55+ hours a week killed 745,000 people a year
BBC - 17-May-2021
Working overtime, only to die early - long working hours may increase your risk of stroke & heart disease
Read more...Life expectancy reduces by nearly 3 years
BBC - 02-Dec-2019
The goal to live more than 100 years seems to be slowly drifting away
Read more...Life expectancy increase reflected in number of older people in society
BBC - 19-Nov-2019
Even without life extension experts predict increasingly longer lives
Read more...The lowest mortality levels ever recorded
LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science) - 16-Oct-2019
Good news – recent quarterly statistics suggest that UK life expectancy is no longer stalled
Read more...Computers and robots could automate 1.5 million jobs
BBC - 25-Mar-2019
Percentage of workers in primary industry massively reduced in last century - not necessarily a bad thing
Read more...UK among worst for life expectancy rises
BBC - 07-Aug-2018
Life expectancy rises in the UK have stagnated due to still unknown reasons
Read more...More elderly are dying after falls as care crisis deepens
Guardian - 07-Apr-2018
Number of deaths in men over 85 has risen by 177%. Greater increase than the number of people re...
Read more...Deprivation reduces life expectancy by nearly a decade
Independent - 01-Mar-2018
Office for National Statistics says life expectancy of most deprived males is 73.9 years. Compar...
Read more...8 things more likely to kill you in 1970s
BBC - 04-Feb-2018
Eight things more likely to kill you in 1970s Britain than today. 1. Winter 2. The workplace 3...
Read more...Life expectancy plummets in parts of UK
Independent - 18-Jan-2018
By 2041, women will live to 86.2 years and men 83.4 years. Decrease of almost a whole year compa...
Read more...Antibiotic resistance expected to reduce life expectancy
Telegraph - 01-Dec-2017
Antibiotic resistance has caused a fall in life expectancy for the first time, the Office for Nat...
Read more...Glasgow has UK's highest death rate
Belfast Telegraph - 27-Nov-2017
Glasgow has topped the list of places with the highest mortality rate in the UK, new data has rev...
Read more...10 charts that show why sleep is so important
BBC - 28-Oct-2017
Both short and long sleepers are more likely to live shorter lives. Not enough sleep associated...
Read more...UK population to pass 70m in 2029
BBC - 26-Oct-2017
According to the Office for National Statistics the UK's population is set to exceed 70 million i...
Read more...Centenarians are fastest growing age group in UK
Guardian - 27-Sep-2017
Centenarians are the fastest growing age group in the UK, with the number of 100-year-olds almost...
Read more...Gap between men's and women's life expectancy no longer closing
Telegraph - 27-Sep-2017
The gap has narrowed every year for the past decade. Between 2010 to 2012 and 2014 to 2016, the...
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