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UK healthy life expectancy falls by two years in past decade


The global comparison, based on World Health Organization data, compared the UK to other nations in western Europe, the Nordics, North America and Oceania. It is now ranked 20th out of 21 with only the US seeing its population live for fewer years in good health.



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