article_snippet: Men are now more likely to live a longer proportion of Men lives in good health than women .
article_snippet: The length of time that a woman can expect to live in good health is getting shorter, according to an official analysis.
article_snippet: Men are now more likely to live a longer proportion of Men lives in good health than women.
article_snippet: However, women still live longer than men overall – though the gap is closing.
article_snippet: Men are likely to live longer now because few work in dangerous industrial jobs like coal mining, and fewer drink heavily or smoke.
article_snippet: This means that men now spend 80 per cent of men lives in good health, compared to 77 per cent for women.
article_snippet: Overall life expectancy for women is 83.1 years, and men 79.4.
article_snippet: But women in the South East are losing ground in terms of health expectancy much faster than those in the north, as health improves in the area.
highlights_snippet: Men are now likely to live a longer portion of Men lives in good health .
  
highlights_snippet: Women still live longer but the gap between the sexes is starting to close .
  