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How healthy is the UK?.
We have compiled all the latest stats to give you an insight into the health of the UK
General health of the UK
- Life expectancy. 82.3 years for men and 85.8 years for women.
- Healthy life expectancy. The age up to which people can expect to live healthily is 63.1 for men and 63.7 for women.
- UK health spending. £185 billion was spent on healthcare by government and privately, up 3.6% in 2014.
- Per person health spending. Per capita spending of $3,377.
- Obesity. 26% of adults in the UK are obese.
- Deaths. 525,000 deaths in the UK in 2016.
Death statistics in the UK
Ultimately a factor of life, we look into the stats for deaths in the UK in the last year. There were over 520,000 deaths in the UK in 2016, although this sounds bleak, it does represent a decline of 0.9% from 2015.
525,048 deaths registered in the UK in 2016, down 0.9% from 2015.
The top causes of death in the UK were the following:
- Dementia and Alzheimer disease.
- Ischaemic heart diseases.
- Cerebrovas...
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