Life expectancy at birth in the UK was 79.1 years for males and 83.0 years for females in 2022 to 2024
Period life expectancy at birth and at age 65, by sex, UK, 1980 to 2024, in overlapping three-year periods. Years.
Latest figures
| Series | Period | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Males, at birth | 2022 to 2024 | 79.1 years |
| Females, at birth | 2022 to 2024 | 83.0 years |
| Males, further years at age 65 | 2022 to 2024 | 18.7 years |
| Females, further years at age 65 | 2022 to 2024 | 21.2 years |
Findings
Notes
- Period life expectancy is the average number of years a person would live if they experienced the death rates of that period, at each age, for the rest of their life. It doesn't allow for death rates changing in future, so it isn't a forecast of how long people born in that period will live.
- At age 65 it is the average number of further years a person aged 65 would live, on the same basis.
- Each figure comes from a life table built from deaths and population estimates over three consecutive years, and is drawn at the middle year. Consecutive periods share two years.
- Each edition of the life tables can revise earlier periods, for example when population estimates are revised after a census.
Sources
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