The evaluation, based mostly on knowledge from the Office for National Statistics between 2022-24 and 2012-2014, discovered these in the wealthiest 10% of areas may count on to have round 20 extra years of fine well being than these in the poorest.
In England, Richmond in London had the best charges of HLE at 69 for males and 70 for ladies.
In comparability, in Blackpool it was 51 for males and in Hartlepool is was 51 for ladies.
London was the one area that noticed an enchancment in HLE over the interval.
In greater than 90% of areas the HLE was now beneath the state pension age of 66 or 67 and in one in 10 it was beneath 55.
The report stated this had a big influence on the power of individuals to work and stated this aligns with different figures exhibiting excessive numbers out of labor due to ill-health.
The world comparability, based mostly on World Health Organization knowledge, in contrast the UK to different nations in western Europe, the Nordics, North America and Oceania. It is now ranked twentieth out of 21 with solely the US seeing its inhabitants reside for fewer years in good well being.
HLE is the technical time period used by consultants for an estimate of how a lot of a lifetime is spent in good well being, based mostly on how individuals really feel and report in surveys, in addition to on mortality knowledge.
The Health Foundation stated the findings revealed a stark decline in the nation’s well being and that this needs to be a wake-up name for policymakers.
Andrew Mooney, the suppose tank’s principal knowledge analyst, stated: “The UK has the highest levels of obesity in western Europe and there has been a surge in mental ill health, especially among young people.”
This had created “a significant economic cost, with poor health driving people out of the workforce and locking young people out of education, employment and training”, he added.
In comparability to HLE, the Health Foundation discovered that total life expectancy had remained broadly secure.
