Women in poorest parts of England and Wales ‘will spend only two-thirds of life in good health’ | Life expectancy
Average life expectancy for women in the most deprived areas of England Wales has fallen to the lowest level since the start of modern records, as these women are likely to spend two -thirds of their lives in good health.
Women who live in richest parts of England are likely to enjoy two decades of healthy life, and the latest data of the National Statistics Office (ONS) has shown.
Children who were born between 2020 and 2022 are likely to spend only 65.1 % of their lives in good health, compared to 81.5 % in less deprived areas.
The estimate of the most deprived areas is the lowest rate since the series started in 2013-15, when it reached 66.3 %.
Emma Freu, a professor of health economics at the University of Birmingham and a research professor at the National Institute for the National Institute of health And care research.
“The effect of the cost of the living crisis, and the two cover-ups on the benefits-these incompatiblely affect women more than men because women who tend to have more responsibility in the family, and more responsibility for caring for children.
“They contribute more to unpaid care, and there are higher rates of mental health problems and high rates of domestic violence, which tend to focus on girls and women.”
The inequality gap between men and women has grown, with men who were born in 2020 to 22 in the most deprived areas that are expected to spend 70.4 % of their lives in good health, compared to 84.5 % for those in the least deprivation.
The gap between the wealthiest and horizontal regions of both sexes-for women, has grown from 19.6 years in 2013-15 to 20.2 years in 2020-22, while men grew from 18.7 to 19.1.
in WellsYou can expect women who were born in the most deprived areas in 2020-22 to spend 61.5 % of their lives in good health, which is the lowest level since those estimates began in 2013-15. In less deprived areas, the number is 80.7 %.
“We are witnessing increasing levels of poverty due to things like the cost of the living crisis, which prompted more families to food insecurity,” said Fur. “We are thinking about ourselves as a completely developed country, but there are parts of the country that have more economic and health results similar to developing countries.”
Compared to the period before the short viruses in 2017-19, the average age expected at birth decreased in England in 2020 to 2022 in the 1.4-year-old regions for men, to 72.6 years, and by 1.1 years for women, to 77.7 years.
“We have people who still have a similar level of life expected, but they are not an average life expectancy. I think this is the main health care service and the local authorities that are really targeting it, because it does not make people live longer, but we need to make people live more healthy and longer.”
“There must be a really healthy and equal strategy that looks at these gender differences.”
