Somerset UA local authority · 2022 – 24
Healthy years
62.8
Healthy years, men · years
Healthy life expectancy at birth · Male, All ages
England: 60.9 · 2022 – 24 — Similar
healthcards · Somerset UA · 2022 – 24
What this means
Male healthy life expectancy at birth in Somerset UA was 62.8 years in 2022–24. This uses the period’s mortality rates and self-reported good health, not a prediction for an individual. Do not subtract it from the single-year 2025 life expectancy figure.
95% confidence interval: 60.2–65.3 years.
Fingertips comparison: Similar England. This counts only years in good health.
Recent observations (Somerset UA)
- 2019 - 21: 64.1
- 2020 - 22: 63.6
- 2021 - 23: 63.2
- 2022 - 24: 62.8
These points share an indicator, sex, age and period type. Source-method changes and overlapping pooled periods can limit comparisons; see the caveats.
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Source & provenance
- Indicator:
- Healthy life expectancy at birth (ID 90362)
- Source:
- Office for National Statistics
- Area:
- Somerset UA (E06000066), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
- Period:
- 2022 – 24; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
- Population:
- Male, All ages
Caveats
- ‘Good health’ is self-reported in a survey — it reflects how people feel, not a medical test.
- Wide interval (60.2–65.3): small survey samples make this wobblier than life expectancy.
- Higher means more years in good health. Not interchangeable with life expectancy.
Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.