BOSTON: The length of time that a woman can expect to live in good health is getting shorter, according to an official analysis.
Men are now more likely to live a longer proportion of their lives in good health than women.
However, women still live longer than men overall – though the gap is closing.
Healthy life expectancy is calculated from the number of people who say they are in good or in very good health.
Experts say these changes are as partially as a result of the major economic, industrial and family upheavals of the past 50 years.
Men are likely to live longer now because few work in dangerous industrial jobs like coal mining, and fewer drink heavily or smoke. Women, however, are increasingly likely to spend much of their lives in demanding jobs, as well as bringing up children…