24 October 2024
Public Health has published the Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy Report. This report
describes life expectancy in Jersey for the period 2021-2023, and the Healthy Life Expectancy for
the period of 2022/2023.
Key findings for Life Expectancy for 2021-23 include:
- life expectancy (at birth) for females in Jersey was 84.9 years, around 3.5 years higher than
that for males (81.3 years)
- male life expectancy has increased by 1.9 years since the 2011-2013 period, whilst for
females there has been no statistically significant increase or decrease.
- once people reach age 65 in Jersey, they can expect to live on average another 21.2 years
- average life expectancy in Jersey was around 2 years higher than that for England overall,
and was around 1 year higher than the South West region of England.
Key findings for Healthy Life Expectancy for the 2022/2023 include:
- healthy life expectancy at birth for males in Jersey was 63.8 years, around 2.5 years higher
than that for females (61.2 years)
- healthy life expectancy at age 65 for females in Jersey was 12.9 years, around 1.5 years
higher than that for males (11.3 years)
- male healthy life expectancy at birth has remained statistically similar, and female healthy
life expectancy is statistically lower between 2016-2018 and 2022/2023
- male healthy life expectancy at birth was statistically higher than in Scotland, Northern
Ireland and Wales, but similar to England. Female healthy life expectancy at birth was
statistically similar when compared to the devolved nations of the UK.
The full report is available online.
gov.je