Food for thought - healthy life expectancy

Phossy

Wyndham said:

We need more information about the data - but that is often the case which studies like this!!

It's a well established metric - first introduced in 2000 by the World Health Organisation. Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy

BrilliantButScary

This hopefully will help with some queries.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mortality-insights-from-gad-december-2024/mortality-insights-from-gad-december-2024

Cus

Silvertabby said:

It's not your postcode that determines your longevity - it's your genes and lifestyle.

Absolutely, but unfortunately it appears harder to have a healthy lifestyle in some postcodes than others

HedgehogRulez

Cus said:

Silvertabby said:

It's not your postcode that determines your longevity - it's your genes and lifestyle.

Absolutely, but unfortunately it appears harder to have a healthy lifestyle in some postcodes than others

Presumably because people in certain areas tend to live unhealthy lifestyles. Here’s looking at you north England!

Cobbler_tone

The thing with averages is that some of you will die in your 40’s and 50’s, whilst others will make it into their 90’s plus. I think your individual health and lifestyle today is a better indication, along with your family history but obviously not foolproof.
Anyone who still smokes and eats a lot of McDonalds can knock a couple of decades off.

QrizB

HedgehogRulez said:

Cus said:

Silvertabby said:

It's not your postcode that determines your longevity - it's your genes and lifestyle.

Absolutely, but unfortunately it appears harder to have a healthy lifestyle in some postcodes than others

Presumably because people in certain areas tend to live unhealthy lifestyles. Here’s looking at you north England!

There's a lot of factors in play here.

Some of it's social. If all your friends and family eat deep-fried lard for dinner, you're likely to also be a regular deep-fried lard eater. You're unlikely to think "you know what, I'd really like a green salad this time". It also goes for smoking, drinking and so on.

Other parts are economic. Rich areas tend to have better hospitals, better schools, and the population can spend more on food and recreation.

And then there's environmental aspects. Pollution is bad for you and some parts of the UK have cleaner air/water than other parts (although that's improved a lot in the past 40 years, if you're in your 70s or 80s you'll have spent a lot of time earlier on life ingesting muck).

I could go on, but won't!

Cus

Assuming that any genetic advantages are random and not related to where you live or your choice of healthy lifestyles, then it seems that if you smoke and eat lots of McDonald's (er..tick) then you will die at the same age on average no matter where you live. It just shows that if you live in poorer areas then you are more likely to take these choices (consciously or unconsciously), nothing more.  Who'd have thought, richer equals longer life 🙄

poseidon1

Actually  prior to SIPPs and drawdown being introduced,  I had plans to relocate to Glasgow in retirement, due to the higher annuity rates the insurance industry accorded to that region due specifically to the poor mortality rate there..

michaels

poseidon1 said:

Actually  prior to SIPPs and drawdown being introduced,  I had plans to relocate to Glasgow in retirement, due to the higher annuity rates the insurance industry accorded to that region due specifically to the poor mortality rate there..

I wonder how long you would need to have had a home address there to get the enhanced rates?!

Cobbler_tone

poseidon1 said:

I had plans to relocate to Glasgow in retirement

I'm really sorry to hear that.