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70 is the new 65 when it comes to health and life expectancy in the UK

19 November 2019

The UK Office for National Statistics says men aged 70 feel as healthy as 65-year-old men did in 1997. Women aged 70 feel as healthy as 65-year-olds did in 1981

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