#Expectancy

Letters: Readers respond to the news that people in the UK are spending fewer years in good health than a decade ago

Life expectancy varies greatly around the world. See which countries have the highest and lowest life expectancy.

The UK has recorded the second steepest decline in healthy life expectancy among wealthy nations, now ranking 20th out of 21, with obesity and mental illness fueling the crisis

Rebecca Thomas takes a closer look at why the ‘healthy life expectancy’ of women has declined far more for women that it has for men

Exclusive: Health Foundation says Britain is ‘going backwards’ compared with most other rich countries

Metric gives fuller picture than life expectancy, which is simply how long people live, says Health Foundation