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Findings on healthy life expectancy in UK shed light on its deteriorating health

The Health Foundation says the UK’s healthy life expectancy fell overall by two years between 2012–14 and 2022–24, widening health gaps across the population.
In 2022–24, healthy years differ sharply by deprivation, with men in the least deprived areas at 69.2 years and 14.4 years ill health, vs. 49.8 healthy years and 23.4 in ill health for men in the most deprived areas.
The report links the decline to preventable cancers, obesity, and deaths of despair as key factors, highlighting 40% of cancers being preventable and ties to diet, alcohol, and smoking.

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