There are huge inequalities in healthy life expectancy
Women living in the most deprived parts of England live 10% fewer years than women in the least deprived areas.
They also live 69% more of their years in ill-health.
Similar data exists for men.
Preventive care has a significant part to play in both reducing such inequalities and reducing the proportion of lives lived in poor health.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Health state life expectancies by national deprivation deciles, England 2018 to 2020