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Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 16 Oct 2025 | Updated: 0 days ago

Healthy life expectancy in England and Wales- Statistical Bulletins

Dataset

Documentation

Description:
Official ONS statistical bulletins that estimate how long people are expected to live in different health states (for example Healthy Life Expectancy — years in “very good” or “good” health — and Disability-Free Life Expectancy). The bulletins present summary measures that split total life expectancy into years spent in different health states.
Spatial Coverage:
  • England
  • Wales
Data Use Limitations:
NO RESTRICTION

Coverage

Spatial

Geographical Levels:
  • country
  • region

Temporal

Start Date:
01 April 2013
Frequency:
OTHER

Provenance

Purpose:
To produce comparable, population-level measures that add a quality dimension to life expectancy — i.e., to show not only how long people live but how many of those years are likely to be lived in good health or without disabling limitations. These measures inform public health policy, health inequality analysis and planning for health and social care.

Access and Governance

Usage

Data Use Requirements:
NO REQUIREMENTS

Access

Data Controller:
Office for National Statistics

Format and Standards

Languages:
ENGLISH
Data Format:
  • Unstructured text
  • Database

Additional Information Governance

Confidentiality Risk:
Low risk
Availability Risk:
Low risk
Integrity Risk:
Low risk