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Drop in healthy life expectancy for babies born in 2020-22

Source: PA Wire

The number of years of good health a newborn baby in England can expect to enjoy has fallen, figures suggest.

Average healthy life expectancy for a child born between 2020 and 2022 is estimated to be 62.4 years for males and 62.7 for females, down from 63.3 and 63.7 years respectively for births in 2017-19.

The drop means the healthy life expectancy of a boy born (ONS) which published the data.

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