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Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: Headlines have claimed that “healthy life expectancy” in the UK has fallen by two years. What does this actually mean? A new government report estimate...
Does a fall in the UK's healthy life expectancy mean what you think it means? is an episode from More or Less: Behind the Stats by BBC. Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: Headlines have claimed that “health...
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Published May 27, 2026, 28:39 long, audio available.