People, population and community Today's article is part of the ONS's Measuring National Well-being programme.
The latest data and assessments of change across the measures of well-being provides a broadly positive picture of life in the UK, with most indicators either improving or staying the same over the short-term (1 year) and long-term (5 years).
Looking at the relationship between age and well-being measures demonstrates the importance of understanding more about the factors that contribute to a sense of well-being at different life stages.
Key findings include: Younger people (mainly aged 16 to 24) were more likely to report higher ratings of satisfaction with their health and engage in physical activities. The main challenges for younger people include unemployment, loneliness, someone to rely on and a lack of sense of belonging to their neighbourhood. People in their early and middle years (mainly aged 25 to 54) were generally more likely to be in employment, but less likely to be satisfied with their leisure time. Older people (mainly aged 75 and over) were more likely to be satisfied with their income, leisure time, feel they can cope financially and belong to their neighbourhood. The main challenges for older people are lower satisfaction with their health and lower engagement with an art or cultural activity. Commenting on today's report, Silvia Manclossi from the Office for National Statistics said: "There is a growing recognition that how we are doing as a nation is at least as much about people's well-being as it is about the country's economic health. Today's analysis shows the strengths and challenges of different age groups in society. These insights can help target services where they are most needed and can make the best impact". Today's figures show that total current healthcare expenditure in 2016 was £191.7 billion, an increase of 3.6% on spending in 2015.
Government-financed healthcare expenditure accounted for 79.4% of total spending at £152.2 billion.
Spending on health-related long-term care was £35.5 billion in 2016, with an additional £10.9 billion spent on long-term social care outside the health accounts definitions.
Government spending accounted for 62% of all spending on long-term care, with most other long-term care spending financed by out-of-pocket payments.
Total current healthcare expenditure in the UK was 9.8% of gross domestic product (GDP), higher than the median for OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) member states but second lowest of the seven nations in the G7, a position which has remained unchanged since UK health accounts were introduced in 2013.
Health accounts are a set of statistics analysing healthcare expenditure by three dimensions:
Financing scheme – the source of funding for healthcare
Function – the type of care and mode of provision
Provider organisation – the type of healthcare provider in which care is carried out | 
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