Life expectancy at retirement falls for men and women

Estimates of life expectancy at age 65 in 2012-13 have been revised in successive ONS publications, according to retirement provider Partnership, possibly reflecting an unusually high death rate caused by influenza and low temperatures. It said ‘period' life expectancy at age 65 in 2012-13 was most recently estimated to be 18.3 years for men and 20.6 years for women - significantly below the respective 19 years and 21.3 years reported in the ONS's forecast published in 2009. Period life expectancy is a less common interpretation of life expectancy which calculates mortality rates for ...