How much ‘healthy life’ do you have left?

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It can be quite confronting. Key your age into the interactive graphs below and it will tell you how many more years you are expected to live – and not only that, but also how many of those will likely be in full health and, more concerningly, ill health.

Brought down to a single person, you, the conversation shifts. No longer are we patting ourselves on the back for living in a country with one of the highest life expectancies in the world.

Instead, more personal questions come to mind: “Is that all the time I really have left in full health?” “How can I reduce those years of ill health?” “What should I be doing now, while I’m still in decent shape, that I’ve been putting off?”