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Healthy life expectancy at birth
Part of the Population Health domain. Healthy life expectancy at birth, UK: mean of male (60.7) and female (60.9); ONS publishes no combined figure.
Latest data
Latest reading
2022–2024
Change between the two latest observations (2022–2024 to 2022–2024), in stress score.
A lower reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Since the August 2026 release
What changed on this indicator between the two releases: method only.
Blended from two measured components: (2/3 weight) and trend (1/3 weight); where no trend can be computed the metric is scored on its level alone. Volatility is published as a diagnostic and does not enter the blend. Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 2/3 weight
Bounds: scored against fixed best/worst limits, used until a metric has about eight years of verified data to rank against.
Trend · 1/3 weight
Neutral: the latest reading matches the one before it, so no change is measured.
Volatility · diagnostic, not blended
50Provisional: fewer than four historical readings are available, so this defaults to a mid range score rather than a measured figure.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
ONS: Health state life expectancies, UK
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- ONS
- Series ID
- ons_hle
- Frequency
- Annual
- Accessed
- 16 June 2026
Known weakness
Sex-specific only (mean used here); rolling 3-year periods overlap; latest is the lowest since the series began (2011–13).
Notes
Verified official value from ONS (ons_hle), accessed 2026-06-16.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2024 | 60.8 |