Meanwhile, a 65-year-old male could, on average, expect to live for 19.4 more years, while a female of the same age could expect to live for 21.8 more years – both figures higher than in England.
The figures were released yesterday by Statistics Jersey in their ‘Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy 2016-2018‘ report.
Pictured: Data shows that islanders can expect to live longer than their UK counterparts.
Statistics Jersey also looked at healthy life expectancy – an extension of life expectancy that combines mortality data with general health data to produce estimates of the span of life that a person can expect to live in ‘very good’ or ‘good’ health.
In addition to living longer, female babies can expect to experience better health later in their years, with 83% of them being in ‘very good’ or ‘good’ health until their 70s, compared to 82% of men until their mid 60s.
Again, Jersey rates are higher than in England for both males and females.