Will people in the Uk live shorter lives?

This week the newspapers reported that life expectancy is falling or stalled in the UK for the first time since records began

but what are the facts on this?
Here are some useful starting points
the statistics are taken from the National Life Tables 2015-2017.
the website has details on the methodology.

However life expectancy is not the same as good health. The ONS also produce data on how long people can expect to live healthy lives. This can vary considerably according to area and socio-economic status
for comparisons with worldwide data see.

UNDemographic Yearbook Free access to all editions from 1948 onwards. Covers population size, births, deaths, marriage, divorce for nations worldwide. Also covers foreign born populations.

UNData tables on life expectancy - includes breakdowns by Gender.

World Health Organization- Global Health Observatory.includes tables on health expectancy by country and healthy life expectancy

Popline - maintained by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs with US government funding provides references to literature covering all aspects of population, fertility and family planning published since 1970. it includes articles on mortality and life expectancy. Links to the full text are provided where available.

Tropical Cyclone Mangkhut - useful websites

In the news this week. Tropical Cyclone Mangkhut

Here are some useful reference sources.

World Weather Information Service- World Meterological Organization has forceasts and mappings

it also has a Tropical Cyclone forecaster website which has recent research and historic tracking data

NOAA administration - has a national hurricane center which maps, analyses and provides information on the hurrican season. There is a focus on the USA but it includes other areas. 

Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Space Science and Engineering Center / University of Wisconsin-Madison has a tropical cyclones research group with online warnings and maps. 

Digital Typhoon tracking maps from the Japanese government covers 1951 onwards and includes some animation.

Relief web has disaster alerts and maps relating to the humanitarian situation and Mangkhut

it main website has situation updates and infographics.

Philippine Government posted a series of severe weather warnings and situation reports. these include tropical cyclones.

Government of Hong Kong also has some severe weather warnings