n common with the rest of
Europe, life expectancy in Research into these findings,
Britain is increasing. A still at an early stage, has not
man can now expect to live to yet found the reasons for the
76.2 years and a woman to 80.7 wide variations across the EU. It
years. This is wonderful news, seems that as far as
but unfortunately we also learn cardiovascular disease is
that Britain is not keeping pace concerned, there is an increasing
with most of Europe in another risk the further north you go and
health aspect. Help the Aged feel that a lack of
respect for the cold in Britain
Healthy life years, as well as constitutes a risk to health.
life expectancy have been the
subject of a recent EU study and Italy holds the top position in
the results were based on the healthy living stakes, with
questionnaires which were an expectation of 70.9 healthy
completed by some 60,000 years and a life expectancy of
householders. The focus of the 76.8 years. The healthy Italian
study was on death, sickness diet, including lots of fish,
rates and overall health. vegetables and unsaturated fats,
may be a key factor in their
We learn that although the country’s excellent health
average British male can expect record. A spokesman for Help the
to live to 76.2 years of age, he Aged comments that diet, smoking,
can only expect 61.5 of these the weather, smoking and health
years to be free from a disabling service could help to explain the
condition. This puts us in the differences
unfortunate position of being the
fifth unhealthiest group in the Interestingly, in a published
EU. table showing both healthy years
and life expectancy, as far as Critical illness insurance will
healthy life goes, Italy tops the pay out a specific sum if you’re
table, followed by Spain, unfortunate enough to be
Germany, Poland, Netherlands, UK, diagnosed with one of a list of
France, Hungary, Portugal and specified conditions, such as
Finland. It will be interesting cancer, stroke or heart trouble.
to see what the final conclusions Read the policy carefully to
turn out to be. check which conditions are
covered. The effect of critical
At the bottom of the scale - if illness on your lifestyle can be
you come from Finland, life immense. You may have to adapt
expectancy for a woman is 81.8 your car or your home and even
years, but you can only expect change your employment to suit
56.5 of these to be without a your new circumstances. Critical
disabling condition. illness cover will give you peace
of mind should illness strike.
Bearing all these facts in mind,
it’s obvious that, for Mr and Mrs As far as your family are
Average, it would be as well to concerned, it would be a good
give some serious thought to the time to take out, or review, your
provision of both critical life insurance plans. Would their
illness cover and life insurance. lifestyle be affected should the
It’s a serious thought that the worst happen?
expectation of a disabling health
condition precedes retirement age Both of these insurances can be
by between three and half and taken care of easily. The
eight and a half years. Many men internet is the place to go for
now expect to be able to work immediate attention and a range
until they are 70. of competitive quotations.
Contact an on-line broker, who’ll
offer you all the help you need. tables wrong.
Then sit back and prove the
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