Interesting Fact - Health

According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics, we Brits are ill for one fifth of our lives.

(Women suffer the most, being sick for 19 years on average, compared with men who are poorly for 16 years.

The most worrying aspect is that healthy life expectancy — the time spent feeling well — is growing at a slower rate than actual life expectancy, which means we are facing old age and ill health. )