'Life expectancy rises for babies born between 2016 and 2018 but overall increase is slowing' ONS
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Latest figures reveal slight increase of around a month on previous three-year period.
People in the UK are living longer than ever, after latest figures revealed life-expectancy levels have increased for both men and women.
A child born between 2016 and 2018 can expect to live to 79.3 if they are male and 82.9 if they are female, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
It found life expectancy at birth had improved slightly since the last three-year period of 2015–17, rising by 3.7 weeks for men and 4.2 weeks for women.
Slow increases
However, the ONS said the relatively slow increases showed that the slowdown in life-expectancy improvements which has been noted since 2011 was continuing.
‘Between 2016 and 2018 we have seen much lower increases than experienced in previous decades. Nevertheless, life expectancy is increasing,’ said Edward Morgan, from the ONS Centre for Ageing and Demography.
‘The causes behind the overall slowdown are likely to be complex.
‘As we s...
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