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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Ross Hunter

New figures show decline in the healthy life expectancy of Scots

SCOTS in the most deprived communities are spending more than one third of their lives in poor health, according to new figures released by National Records of Scotland.

The report measured how long the average person in Scotland can expect to live in good health using the metric of Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE).

HLE is a population average based on the self-reported experiences of a sample of people.

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