People living longer – but spending more time in poor health

People are living longer, with life expectancy now at 79.5 years for me and 83.1 years for women €“ but much of that extra time is spent in poor health, new research by Public Health England has revealed. In the report €˜Health Profile for England,’ PHE has used its wealth of population health data to give an overall picture of the health of England. It found that people are living longer than ever with life expectancy in England now reaching 79.5 years for males and 83.1 years for females. However, much of the extra time is spent in poor health.